Tmp1234

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by Tmp1234 8y ago
Your solution looks better than mine. Is there anything you've gleaned from the leetcode examples I posted?
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
Thank you for all the effort you put in this comment! That's definitely an interesting path methodology you've laid out. I will give it a try. Would you be willing to talk more as I go through the process?
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
Any books in mind?
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
Yes. Very much so.
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I enjoy it, but not given the failure rate I'm experiencing. If I had 50% or less failure ratio I would be ok. But as is essentially every problem is a 2-5 hour struggle where I meander to an answer feeling usually I temporarily learne
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
This is basically my thinking :/
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
This doesn't sound half bad. How can I find these?
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
My view has been they are looking for people with high IQs exclusively. Whiteboard interviews cut out people who are not even intelligent enough to memorize solutions and algorithms while also accepting people smart enough to come up with s
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
For the median question, I did not allow myself to combine the array. My idea was to increment in each array based on which value would come next in a sequence (as if they were on array), stop when I've incremented n times where n = le
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
You're not wrong that there's a mental health issue at hand. There's also a lot riding on my ability to do these leetcode questions. I've been talking to councilors for the past decade, but I'm at a point where I ne
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
Thank you for this resource!
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I agree that some of the problems are too hard to be realistic. I made sure to not count those when I was analyzing my performance. As I said in the comment I'm linking to below, a few months ago I couldn't even do Fibonacci recur
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I added a separate comment to add some information about my situation. It addresses your question and advice too. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17594084
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I didn’t expect this many responses. It’s a bit overwhelming, but I'm thankful. I’m going to post a few important pieces of information I didn’t think of posting above that should help clarify my situation and how desperate it is. I do
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Ask HN: Got a CS degree, but I’m unable to be programmer. What can I do?
294 points by Tmp1234 8y ago|315 comments
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I'll look at Triplebyte's blog. Another resource I didn't know about you've pointed me to. >>Personally, I can assure you that it isn't a matter of disliking you. Honestly, if I didn't like you, I wouldn&
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
Nothing about what you wrote is harsh imo. The questions are just to cast the largest net. Anything someone doesn't want to answer they won't just as no one has responded to the question. I assumed anyone who posted on my thread w
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I don't understand your point about putting internet reputation at stake. If someone well known and respected asked this question here and people responded earnestly and completely the information is still public and could be accessed
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I never knew about those surveys. Thanks for pointing them out. They don't seem to get at what I'm seeking though. There are no connections drawn between innate ability, self described difficulty in the field and thresholds of pre
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
If you don't want to share, that's fine. I'm just trying to get some data to help me make a choice in my own life about my career. My experience has been bringing up intelligence or IQ automatically people always bring up a s
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How did you get where you are?
3 points by Tmp1234 8y ago|11 comments
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Outcome and story thread++
1 points by Tmp1234 8y ago|0 comments
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How to know if you're not smart enough to be a great programmer?
4 points by Tmp1234 8y ago|5 comments
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
How would you distinguish between someone who doesn't have enough experience and someone who is smart enough?
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
It seems we both agree, indirectly, that these interview tests are like IQ tests. You are comparing them to the SATs and the SATs are just wrapped up IQ tests like the tech interview. Studies have shown scores on the SAT don't increase
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
Could you expand a little? It's a big life decision I would be making.
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I don't have the resources for a 1 on 1 tutor. Do you have any other ways for me to know objectively if I should quit?
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
I enjoy programming, but I don't like constantly failing, feeling I'm not good enough and having no spare time cause even a single basic prep question takes me 2-3 hours.
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
If I was only interested in programming to become a google worthy programmer, would you say I have enough evidence that I should quit?
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by Tmp1234 8y ago
The thing is I have no idea I need more planning. When I start to code the solution I've come up with seems genuinely complete and correct. It's only when the incorrectness hits me right in the face, usually in the form of test ca

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