3 ms·

i feel you Chris, you have actual case studies, projects to show, so much you could talk about people who practice leetcode are either unemployed or too desper

i feel you Chris, you have actual case studies, projects to show, so much you could talk about people who practice leetcode are either unemployed or too desperate to get a job employers who do this have bad hiring practices and bad attitude my personal advice: get work from people you know, beggars can't be choosers

ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
> or too desperate to get a job I wouldn't necessarily say this. Since it is "how things are done," these days, I strongly suspect that folks want every competitive advantage they can get, and it's perfectly understandable. It's just that it's an extremely 1-dimensional way of evaluating people that are supposed to be creative and intelligent. It doesn't actually tell you anything about them; just that they are good at practicing rote (which, to be fair, may be exactly what a corporation is looking for). I am very fortunate. I spent my life, living frugally, and investing carefully, so I have the ability to step back. I know that very few people have this capability. A career is a really big deal, and worth it to prepare for. The problem is that over thirty years of shipping software is not something that is easy to express in a few scholastic tests. It's something that can sometimes be easily demonstrated, but consuming and evaluating it is time-consuming. I have spent a lot more time, preparing my portfolio, than lots of folks have spent at leetcode. If that's not valuable to a company, then, c'est la vie.