Asking for a friend π He is quite stupid, finished from a mediocre college last year with a good enough gpa and some internship experiences but nothing substantial. He is currently working a mediocre job in the tech sphere but not as software engineer. He quite hates it and harbors this stupid dream of working in the West Coast in a FAAANGASM (Airbnb, Snap and Msft in case anyone is wondering last 3) company. He is trying Leetcode but gets distracted and demotivated pretty fast and gets stuck often(I mentioned he is stupid). So just wanted to know if a subpar person like him could get into FANG or should he not even try and aim lower? He is 23 with Bs and Ms in computer engineering (not CS but he took some coding classes) π Edit: I think I need to forego any self respect here and clarify that the friend is me
FAAANGASM LOL
Wow youβre such a good friend
Asking for "a friend" - try to read into the self deprecating humor a bit
Wow. Hard works beats talent when talent fails to work hard. You should encourage him. Nobody is born woth CS skills. I am of the belief that anything is achievable provides you work hard.
I thought the correct acronym was FAAANGASMULDSS (Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Square, and Stripe in case anyone is wondering)
Good acronym, but it's missing Twitter
He sounds waaay smarter than you.
At least he's self-aware unlike...
23 with a Ms degree! Definitely smarter than me ..
It was a hurried up MS degree, accelerated program where I spent 5 years in university to get both BS and MS
You sound bitter
Not bitter. Just demotivated
You mean your friend is