Leetcode is leetcode. It's its own skillset within software engineering, one you often need to get a job, but it bears pretty little resemblance to any of the

Leetcode is leetcode. It's its own skillset within software engineering, one you often need to get a job, but it bears pretty little resemblance to any of the skills you need to deliver working, functional software that solves a user's problem. Practicing it will help you get better at it, which may help you land a job where you can practice all the other skills, but don't confuse leetcode with proficiency in software development. Among other differences, leetcode teaches you little about reading large unfamiliar codebases; debugging; organizing large software-engineering projects; working in teams; teasing out actual requirements; making incremental progress; real-world performance (and the tools you need to identify bottlenecks); and most of the libraries and frameworks that are common industry knowledge.