Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems

Re:Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems by dmoy on Friday September 12, 2025 @02:48PM (#45225288)

The major difference between software devs and lawyers, surgeons, and civil engineers is that the latter three have fairly rigorous standards to pass to become a professional (bar, boards, and PE).

That could exist for software too, but I'm not sure HN folks would like that alternative any better. Like if you thought memorizing leetcode questions for 2 weeks before an interview was bad, well I have some bad news.

Maybe in 50-100 years software will have that, but things will look very different.

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Re:Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems by epolanski on Friday September 12, 2025 @06:57PM (#45227714)

You ain't interviewing your plumber or accountant come on and I have millions of other examples.

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Re:Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems by dmoy on Friday September 12, 2025 @08:27PM (#45228217)

Accountants have to sit for the CPA exams (four of them), and depending on the state may have required graduate course load. And also you should interview your CPA, because a lot are not very good at whatever specific section of accounting you need (e.g. tax filing).

Plumber is probably the closest to what you're getting at. They are state licensed typically, with varying levels of requirement. But the requirement is often just like "have worked for 2-4 years as a trainee underneath a certified plumber" or whatever. That would be closest to what I'm guessing you would be recommending?

Also relevantly: the accountant and plumber jobs that are paying $300k-$500k+ are very rare. There exist programming jobs that pay what a typical plumber makes, but don't have as many arcane interview hoops to jump through.

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