I don't like this idea. I prefer the idea of mentoring and people constantly learning. Faking it is kind of like deceiving until you figure it out.
People should be mentoring and teaching each other. This levels up the people around us.
> I noticed the people solving the types of problems I wanted to work on we’re either guarded behind these leetcode type interviews or something much more difficult
This is a real thing.
Sometimes you need a foundation in a hard problem that is often taught in some university courses. There are some hard problems here and people look for that. Sometimes it's math skills or specific algorithms.
Sometimes the people working the hard problems artificially add levels to their processes to keep clubs exclusive.
Most software isn't these hard problems. 99.9% of software is not these hard problems.
I used to be like this as well, till I noticed the people solving the types of problems I wanted to work on we’re either guarded behind these leetcode type interviews or something much more difficult to “fake until you make it”.