Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo...
by 10hr on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:37AM
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5hr/week is probably overkill, unless one wants to coast in FAANGs.
I've gotten into companies with one of my only skills being interviewing by just doing a slew of problems for a couple weeks and then interviewing a lot. Inevitably, some company just asks easy/med and I"m good to go
If you don't go to management, it's probably worth doing another 5 hours of Leetcode each week. Regardless of how much work you do, the career lifespan at most companies is less than ten years. So you will have to prove you are a coder 4-5 times in your life, and probably at least once when you are over 50.