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I myself am not pro-leetcode, but I see the advantages of leetcode from both the interviewer and the interviewee side. From the interviewee side: It gives you

by ngc248 5y ago

I myself am not pro-leetcode, but I see the advantages of leetcode from both the interviewer and the interviewee side. From the interviewee side: It gives you a known set of material to prepare for (ofc there may be newer questions). But this alone helps a lot. With the explosion of frameworks, libraries, languages it is very hard to prepare for everything. From the interviewer side: Again it will give you a standardized set of questions which can be asked and you can compare across candidate due to this. >> about half of them admitted they already use my open-source software Similar to how people don't have time to prepare for leetcode, there may also be people who don't have github repos with open source code etc. Take my case, I work for a company where I have to get permissions if i am gonna start a open source project, even though it may not be related at all to my current work.

speedgoose 5y ago
> I work for a company where I have to get permissions if i am gonna start a open source project, even though it may not be related at all to my current work. Is this common ? Or legal ?
- erik_seaberg 5y ago
  “You agree that everything you write is work for hire owned by us, in return for your salary” is pretty common in full-time employment contracts. Certain jurisdictions have chosen to pass laws limiting it, so I suppose it would be legal otherwise. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=2870 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio... https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.44.140 https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.44.140 For morale and tech brand reasons, some companies have a process to officially bless releases of work they might have had a good case for owning.
anandsuresh 5y ago
I'm curious about the legality of such practices. Your employer needs to authorize what you do on your own time and dime? What country/state are you located in?
skeeter2020 5y ago
More efficent? maybe. More effective? debatable. What you're describing are not advatanges as much as ways to make the job easier, without accounting for if it produces better results.

by ngc248 5y ago

speedgoose 5y ago

> I work for a company where I have to get permissions if i am gonna start a open source project, even though it may not be related at all to my current work. Is this common ? Or legal ?

erik_seaberg 5y ago
“You agree that everything you write is work for hire owned by us, in return for your salary” is pretty common in full-time employment contracts. Certain jurisdictions have chosen to pass laws limiting it, so I suppose it would be legal otherwise. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=2870 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio... https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.44.140 https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.44.140 For morale and tech brand reasons, some companies have a process to officially bless releases of work they might have had a good case for owning.

anandsuresh 5y ago

I'm curious about the legality of such practices. Your employer needs to authorize what you do on your own time and dime? What country/state are you located in?

skeeter2020 5y ago

More efficent? maybe. More effective? debatable. What you're describing are not advatanges as much as ways to make the job easier, without accounting for if it produces better results.