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Leetcode is a form of hazing that no other professional class endures. I'm surprised they don't make programmers solve problems for 36 hours straight to see how

Leetcode is a form of hazing that no other professional class endures. I'm surprised they don't make programmers solve problems for 36 hours straight to see how they do when massively sleep deprived. Just because... EVERYONE in the tech world knows that nobody does leetcode like things in their daily jobs. The vast majority of actual software dev at large companies is untangling complex messes and dealing with cross team integrations (when relevant). Actual hard problems in real domains might take years to solve and involve very large systems.

bradlys 3y ago
It’s used primarily as cargo culting and also as a way of suppressing salaries. Big tech and other companies use it to keep H1B candidates from easily switching jobs and having to do indentured servitude in hostile work environments. That’s all it is - along with the entire industry being massively overqualified as a whole and needing a way to cull the recruiting pipeline to only the most desperate. (People on visas)