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Re:Ask HN: Is it better to generalise or specialise as a dev... by tokipin on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:27PM (#27285460)
Despite their stated intentions, the hiring pipelines are for specialists. The leetcode tests are good at selecting for specialists, since the nature of those tests (irrespective of the subject matter) matches the specialist skillset.

It's important to distinguish between specialist/generalist roles versus specialist/generalist people. Most of FAANG is hiring specialists people for both roles. That's my sense of it anyway.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it better to generalise or specialise as a dev... by sebmellen on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:37PM (#27285527)
Yes, this is my sense as well. Interesting to see the variety of perspectives in this thread.

I suppose I might also just have particularly specialized friends/acquaintances. Who knows...

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Re:Ask HN: Is it better to generalise or specialise as a dev... by heavenlyblue on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @05:57AM (#27288407)
Leetcode is just a proxy for intelligence, just like SAT is
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