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> Maybe if your having a hard time breaking into startups or FANGMULA and your just starting out, this might be an ok strategy, but beyond that, it's not a good
by MattGaiser 5y ago
> Maybe if your having a hard time breaking into startups or FANGMULA and your just starting out, this might be an ok strategy, but beyond that, it's not a good idea.
Most people are never good enough to break into FANGMULA.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoAnd, of the ones who are good enough, some get unlucky and never overcome the "interview random number generator" and always get stuck in the "interview anti-loop." [0] You would think there would be less luck involved in a process that really wants to select the best available employees, but it is not so. --- [0]: http://recursion.org/2012/1/10/interviewing-anti-loop http://recursion.org/2012/1/10/interviewing-anti-loop
- tjpnz 5y agoIt's not about being good enough. More often than not it's about having the time to grind LeetCode for months on end. Understandably not everyone can or wants to do this.
- MattGaiser 5y agoThis too. I know a guy who spent 4 months full time and several algo bootcamps prepping for a Facebook interview. Didn't get in. Total cost to him was about 30K between courses and foregone income.