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Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer by nojito on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:22AM (#29808552)
>I am self-taught and I can't do these leetcode problems if my life depended on it.

>I still deliver high quality software on time, and on budget, and have a solid grasp on my career.

There's simply no way of proving that to recruiters without Leetcode.

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Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer by foxfluff on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:29AM (#29808615)
There's no way of proving that to recruiters with Leetcode.
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Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer by tharne on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:51AM (#29808846)
> There's simply no way of proving that to recruiters without Leetcode.

If a recruiter can't assess engineers without something like Leetcode, they need to find a another job. Assessing talent is the job of a recruiter, and if the only way they can do that is with Leetcode, that's just pathetic.

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Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer by scaryclam on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:16AM (#29809168)
Except, recruiters were able to do just that for a really long time before leetcode came along. If a recruiter today can't assess a candidate without toy questions, they should probably reconsider doing technical recruitement.
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