Sorry, but in my opinion your logic is very weird.

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

As evident by my current habits - I'm far more willing to walk in the cold wind and workout at the gym for two hours than I am willing to do even one leetcode problem.

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.

Regardless of the exact word choice, if you have a life goal that requires some extra effort and sacrifices, and you cannot get yourself to do it, you can't really blame your busy life or anything else but yourself. There are others who do all of the above and still make the time, and they are going to be more successful than you while you continue to complain about the industry/interview process/leetcode/whatever else.

Nah man, I can complain about anything I want.

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 are going to be more successful than you

They may make more money anyway. Whether or not that means they’re more successful is a different question.