To be fair, most are real problems, just phrased in a contrived way.
Yes, they're rarely encountered in most day-to-day jobs. But that doesn't make them fake...
Re:Stop Interviewing with Leet Code
by Dudeman112 on Friday June 10, 2022 @04:16AM
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I mean, if the actual solution in a work environment is "use existing solution from people who already did it" but you have to do solve it by route memory then it's a fake problem.
The actual solution for encountering a differential equation at work is wolfram alpha, not getting a pen and paper to apply heuristic knowledge on solving differential equations
this is what everyone said a college degree was for. Or experience. Neither of which matter when a senior dev with 10 years of experience and two kids still has to find an hour or two a day for three months in a row to grind out textbook algorithms to fake problems. Just to switch their fucking job. Thanks to cargo-cult insanity, god help those stuck in miserable jobs that just want out.