Wondering why they are giving such big serverences. Surely its not out of goodness of their hearts. 7 month severance at google seems a bit over the top to me.
It's a fucking investment dude.
You invest those hours to have higher salary / cooler job / be better, etc.
You don't want to put X hours of effort into something that may make your 8h/day work better?
Your social life probably ain't gonna disappear if you'll spend a few hours a week for a month or two on learning
I've been working + getting degree on weekends for 6 years, so I kinda know something about lack of time.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying everyone should be doing LC. Just don't act as if there was some tremendous trade off required to learn it
I've been going to the gym 4-6x/week for the last couple months. I cannot get myself to do almost any leetcode even though I should be doing it. I've just accepted I'll not work for a while longer and keep going to the gym anyway.
That grind set mindset, “you can do anything you set your mind to, so you can only blame yourself for not having {life goal}” is a recipe for depression and burnout
They may make more money anyway. Whether or not that means they’re more successful is a different question.
So many people have mentally checked out of their current jobs but are too lazy to grind leetcode and go through interview loops. Unless you are in a financial crunch or have other issues like visa sponsorship, getting paid for 6+ months to fully focus on the next step of your career sounds like a dream.
Microsoft/Google/Meta/Amazon/Salesforce and the like are spending many billions of dollars and unknowingly setting up the largest startup incubators in the world right now (and getting nothing out of it in return).