Fuck leetcode. It's a good exercise for the math inclined. It's useful to do a few to learn how to pattern match. It's not the be-all-end-all of programming. I

Fuck leetcode. It's a good exercise for the math inclined. It's useful to do a few to learn how to pattern match. It's not the be-all-end-all of programming. I ask a leetcode question, ask people about approaches, and I'm more concerned that they can write any code and that they can figure out how to problem solve than any particular problem. A good train of thought is as valid as a working solution, though I do expect to see some code (and will ask fizzbuzz if there's not any algorithm for my problem in the first 15 minutes) Code. Practice Coding, in both leetcode and real forms for an interview. It's an unfortunate necessity that you study a little for an interview, and sometimes a lot.