Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are changing (a little)

Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha... by WalterBright on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:07AM (#50478603)

A friend of mine wanted a job at a FAANG company. He knew there'd be first a leetcode interview, and complained that he'd have to spend 3 weeks studying for it. I said those three weeks would be the best investment he'd ever make.

So he did the three weeks, passed the leetcode, passed the interviews, and now makes 400k.

When I was 10 or 11, I asked my dad what MIT was looking for in a student application. He (an MIT alum) told me. I picked out the things I could do (being captain of the football team was never going to work for me), applied to MIT, and got rejected. But Caltech, Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins did admit me.

You do what you gotta do.

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Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha... by gopher_space on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:20PM (#50489872)

I'll never understand why proponents of the "grindset" mentality get into automation. If you want to grind for that kind of money just go into sales, it's way easier and they give you an office with a door.

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Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha... by WalterBright on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:31PM (#50490080)

I'm a terrible salesman, and besides, I just don't like doing it.

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