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I’ve been tempted to get it and curious to hear any review of the book. I decided to get Alex Xu’s Coding Interview Pattern [1] instead which I’ve been really e

I’ve been tempted to get it and curious to hear any review of the book. I decided to get Alex Xu’s Coding Interview Pattern [1] instead which I’ve been really enjoying. [1] https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/my-new-book-coding-interview-patterns https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/my-new-book-coding-interview-p...

stmw 2y ago
bunch of them reviews on amazon (which has benefit of showing who actually bought it), here is a very positive one: "This is the best overall resource that I've seen for software engineering job searches and coding interviews. There's a lot of free online resources out there so I was on the fence about buying this, but this is the most high-quality and practically useful collection of tips, tricks, advice, and explanation of relevant CS data structures & algorithms concepts that I've seen. There's also a lot of practical advice on how to approach the job search. This, plus leetcode, would be my most highly recommended resources for coding interviews. I think the content of this book would be relevant and useful from the new grad level through the staff SWE level. It's also a totally different book than the original CTCI (which I also have), not just another iteration of the same thing. I never write reviews for anything, but I felt like I had to for this because I was surprised by how good this is."
michael_mroczka 2y ago
Hey, I know Shaun personally, and I think his book is excellent. Our books, despite seeming similar, are very different. His is about recognizing preset patterns, and that is about the extent of it. No outreach advice, negotiation strategies, resume opinions, behavioral help, etc. His book also seems to focus heavily on quantity, as he ends up going through 100+ leetcode problems. I'd heartily endorse his book, but they definitely are more different than similar. EPI is also another excellent book with a very different style. Here is a link to nine chapters of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview for free in case you're still curious about it: https://bctci.co/free-chapters https://bctci.co/free-chapters
- syntaxing 2y ago
  Whoa, I appreciate the sneak peek PDF and response! CCTI was my first book I bought for grinding software engineer interviews. I’ll definitely revisit whether to get the new version after reading the first 9 chapters!
  - michael_mroczka 2y ago
    Happy to help. :) The book also has a discord server (link in the free PDF!), so if you have other questions, feel free to ping me there with them! We are about to start the weekly leetcode contest, and there will be a write-up after it finishes on which techniques and templates we've used from the book, which might give you more of a sense of how different it is. Hope to see you there, my friend!
    - syntaxing 2y ago
      Your proactive responses has me sold! Just bought the book off Amazon. I'm looking forward joining the Discord/Leetcode Contest too. It's really hard for me to get my momentum going and hoping the contest will give me the boost I need!
      - michael_mroczka 2y ago
        Hey, thanks for the support. You can always reach out to me directly on Discord if you need anything. Nil and I wrote all of the technical content for the book, so we are happy to help in any way we can and do our best to stay available—especially to our supporters! :) I hope to see you there!

stmw 2y ago

bunch of them reviews on amazon (which has benefit of showing who actually bought it), here is a very positive one: "This is the best overall resource that I've seen for software engineering job searches and coding interviews. There's a lot of free online resources out there so I was on the fence about buying this, but this is the most high-quality and practically useful collection of tips, tricks, advice, and explanation of relevant CS data structures & algorithms concepts that I've seen. There's also a lot of practical advice on how to approach the job search. This, plus leetcode, would be my most highly recommended resources for coding interviews. I think the content of this book would be relevant and useful from the new grad level through the staff SWE level. It's also a totally different book than the original CTCI (which I also have), not just another iteration of the same thing. I never write reviews for anything, but I felt like I had to for this because I was surprised by how good this is."

michael_mroczka 2y ago

Hey, I know Shaun personally, and I think his book is excellent. Our books, despite seeming similar, are very different. His is about recognizing preset patterns, and that is about the extent of it. No outreach advice, negotiation strategies, resume opinions, behavioral help, etc. His book also seems to focus heavily on quantity, as he ends up going through 100+ leetcode problems. I'd heartily endorse his book, but they definitely are more different than similar. EPI is also another excellent book with a very different style. Here is a link to nine chapters of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview for free in case you're still curious about it: https://bctci.co/free-chapters https://bctci.co/free-chapters

syntaxing 2y ago
Whoa, I appreciate the sneak peek PDF and response! CCTI was my first book I bought for grinding software engineer interviews. I’ll definitely revisit whether to get the new version after reading the first 9 chapters!
- michael_mroczka 2y ago
  Happy to help. :) The book also has a discord server (link in the free PDF!), so if you have other questions, feel free to ping me there with them! We are about to start the weekly leetcode contest, and there will be a write-up after it finishes on which techniques and templates we've used from the book, which might give you more of a sense of how different it is. Hope to see you there, my friend!
  - syntaxing 2y ago
    Your proactive responses has me sold! Just bought the book off Amazon. I'm looking forward joining the Discord/Leetcode Contest too. It's really hard for me to get my momentum going and hoping the contest will give me the boost I need!
    - michael_mroczka 2y ago
      Hey, thanks for the support. You can always reach out to me directly on Discord if you need anything. Nil and I wrote all of the technical content for the book, so we are happy to help in any way we can and do our best to stay available—especially to our supporters! :) I hope to see you there!