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I wrote my own dynamic garbage collected programming language from scratch just to solve leetcode to prep myself for interviews. I still don’t feel ready. If

I wrote my own dynamic garbage collected programming language from scratch just to solve leetcode to prep myself for interviews. I still don’t feel ready. If you’re curious: https://www.github.com/glouw/rr https://www.github.com/glouw/rr

pcthrowaway 4y ago
Why did you think writing a programming language was necessary to Leetcode? I applaud the effort, I'm just curious why you say you wrote it "just to solve leetcode", when I'd imagine the skills for creating a programming language have limited overlap with Leetcoding.
- glouwbug 4y ago
  Likely because one would “applaud the effort”. If I can’t prove to the interviewer that I’m capable of going beyond leetcode, by building my own language to solve the same problem, then I might as well memorize a thousand solutions to cheat my way into FAANG. The latter will guarantee entrance, but I can’t stand the memorization process. I’m a professional, and like an undergrad or grad, I shouldn’t have to memorize homework problems to pass exams
- the_only_law 4y ago
  > when I'd imagine the skills for creating a programming language have limited overlap with Leetcoding. FWIW golfing languages are a thing, where a language is designed specifically for code golfing type problems and usually optimizing for a tiny core language and small source files.
ushakov 4y ago
i have about 1000 stars collectively on my public GitHub repos and recruiters still ask me to do "coding interviews" i take this as an insult and reject instantly no matter how much money and stock you offer, i'm not gonna bend my back over to prove anything to you (that's what resume and GitHub are for, fool) luckily, i have saved enough money to not care about this shit
- linuxorbust 4y ago
  Not a programmer, but a sysadmin/devops. Once had an interview at about my 15-year mark as a Linux/Unix admin working for some household names. Punk kid interviewer asks me if I know how to add a user to a Linux server via command line and, if so, please take the marker and write the command on the whiteboard. Same kid asked me why I would choose Bash over the far superior zsh and other nonsense. Kid didn't, likely still doesn't, understand that methods don't often matter, results do. Needless to say, I didn't want the job working with people like him. I found a better job working for a government contractor doing more interesting stuff working for people who just wanted results, methods not even a consideration.
- glouwbug 4y ago
  6000 stars here. It doesn’t matter to be honest

pcthrowaway 4y ago

Why did you think writing a programming language was necessary to Leetcode? I applaud the effort, I'm just curious why you say you wrote it "just to solve leetcode", when I'd imagine the skills for creating a programming language have limited overlap with Leetcoding.

glouwbug 4y ago
Likely because one would “applaud the effort”. If I can’t prove to the interviewer that I’m capable of going beyond leetcode, by building my own language to solve the same problem, then I might as well memorize a thousand solutions to cheat my way into FAANG. The latter will guarantee entrance, but I can’t stand the memorization process. I’m a professional, and like an undergrad or grad, I shouldn’t have to memorize homework problems to pass exams
the_only_law 4y ago
> when I'd imagine the skills for creating a programming language have limited overlap with Leetcoding. FWIW golfing languages are a thing, where a language is designed specifically for code golfing type problems and usually optimizing for a tiny core language and small source files.

ushakov 4y ago

i have about 1000 stars collectively on my public GitHub repos and recruiters still ask me to do "coding interviews" i take this as an insult and reject instantly no matter how much money and stock you offer, i'm not gonna bend my back over to prove anything to you (that's what resume and GitHub are for, fool) luckily, i have saved enough money to not care about this shit

linuxorbust 4y ago
Not a programmer, but a sysadmin/devops. Once had an interview at about my 15-year mark as a Linux/Unix admin working for some household names. Punk kid interviewer asks me if I know how to add a user to a Linux server via command line and, if so, please take the marker and write the command on the whiteboard. Same kid asked me why I would choose Bash over the far superior zsh and other nonsense. Kid didn't, likely still doesn't, understand that methods don't often matter, results do. Needless to say, I didn't want the job working with people like him. I found a better job working for a government contractor doing more interesting stuff working for people who just wanted results, methods not even a consideration.
glouwbug 4y ago
6000 stars here. It doesn’t matter to be honest