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Re:Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high payi... by cebert on Thursday January 27, 2022 @07:40AM (#30099808)
No, I think those are great ways to stand out and demonstrate interest and side projects and degrees are more representative of actual work. Leetcode itself though seems to be used as a gatekeeper benefiting those with the luxury of time to do the grind. It doesn’t mean you’re necessarily getting more qualified candidates and are possibly excluding some folks who would be more than capable.
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Re:Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high payi... by colinmhayes on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:28AM (#30100281)
Finding people with too much free time is the entire point of leetcode. Companies want employees who will dedicate their life to their work. If you don't have time to grind leetcode employers feel that you won't have time to work 60 hours a week and spend your free time thinking about work.
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Re:Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high payi... by giraffe_lady on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:01AM (#30100658)
I think it's more common that people just have the unexamined assumption that programming skill is more of a natural talent than it is, and also that these tools are an effective way to test for that talent.

I'm sure what you're talking about happens too, but I've seen the other thing first hand a couple times so I know it can be less malicious than that.

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Re:Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high payi... by Tyr42 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:50AM (#30101215)
I think people have over updated on spending free time on leetcode is the only way to solve these problems, but as a undergrad doing internship interviews, the problems weren't that hard?

Has it gotten worse in the last 5 years?

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Re:Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high payi... by datavirtue on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:12AM (#30100773)
There are boot camps for developer interviews now. The practice is bad and it is inhumane. They will eventually go the way of other unintended gatekeeping disasters like the standardized high school/college tests.

The practice is just a veiled hazing ritual meant to strip you of dignity and agency.

If it isn't meant to do that...well, guess what? That's what it is doing.

And if I study real hard and maybe take a boot camp, I can join one of the illustrious paragons of internet virtue such as Facebook (sorry, meta block chain addicts inc.) or Google to spread ad-tech throughout the known universe.

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