Ask HN: 30s and “senior” software engineer, but I suck at programming

Re:Ask HN: 30s and “senior” software engineer, but I suck at... by toma_caliente on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:52AM (#31807086)

I think a better way to phrase what the parent is saying is that Leetcode is not software engineering. You can be awful at solving leetcodes and still be a great software engineer.

Now, do I think algorithms and data structures make people better programmers? Absolutely. But I feel like most people work on in an area like web development where the usefulness of it is severely reduced when you are working at such a high level of abstraction.

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Re:Ask HN: 30s and “senior” software engineer, but I suck at... by brasscodemonkey on Monday June 20, 2022 @06:54PM (#31817283)

I agree. Memorizing algorithms to answer leetcode questions have their benefits but it’s extremely rare that a front end web developer would need those skills. If they did, that would mean the backend engineers aren’t using the right approach to organize and serve data to the client.

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Re:Ask HN: 30s and “senior” software engineer, but I suck at... by rowanG077 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @01:14AM (#31820158)

The point is if you know the basic algorithms and can apply them you don't need to memorize the answers to leetcode. You can (Gasp) come up with them.

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