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Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer by giantg2 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @07:33AM (#29808165)
At a big company it's all about politics and optics. It doesn't matter what you actually accomplish, only what the people in power think of you and think you accomplished.
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Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer by vanusa on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @11:22AM (#29810944)
Which is part of the reason why the LC process exists -- to prop up the illusion that there's some kind of objective skill measurement happening.

And thereby distract us from the very central fact you have articulated.

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