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Re:Ask HN: Steps to becoming a software engineer at FAANG? by VirusNewbie on Thursday February 06, 2025 @01:56PM (#42965343)
sure, fine, substitute NBA with L8 at FAANG or something. Now, I stll think you're either in FAANG (or somewhere more exclusive?) and surrounded by very talented people and over extrapolating to the general programmer population, or making assumptions never having worked there.

There are a lot of engineers that cannot pass even basic warmup questions and probably never will be able to.

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Re:Ask HN: Steps to becoming a software engineer at FAANG? by itsankur on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:47PM (#43004390)
L8 might be apt, but honestly human brains are far more fluid and dynamic than human limb length. You can train your brain to do remarkable things it couldn't do before remarkably fast. You just can't train your limbs to be a foot longer.

Aka, I'd argue that elon musk drive gives you a greater chance to become an L8 engineer, where as elon musk drive may make you an NBA player, but at a significantly lower chance.

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