I am good at leetcode interviews. So are a lot of people reading this. For the most part, this is for the same reason: at some point we sat down and practiced u

I am good at leetcode interviews. So are a lot of people reading this. For the most part, this is for the same reason: at some point we sat down and practiced until we were good at them. It’s a useful skill to have and I recommend to people on job searches that they learn it. Would I recommend it if there weren’t so many leetcode interviews out there? No, I wouldn’t. It’s not a useful skill for actual programming; it won’t make you smarter. It will, however, establish that you have a lifestyle that affords you the kind of free time to devote to it. So yeah, I’ll happily jump through these hoops. Honestly, I’m the personality type that finds it fun. But it’s a lousy way to assess my abilities as a dev.