Considering leaving laptop at home to remove a distraction during the weekend before my interview? Any thoughts?
I get distracted easily because ADD so I'm considering leaving my laptop at home so I can focus on studying. What would I miss out on that might be necessary? To supplement leetcode I have CTCI and EPI (python), I plan on doing my OOP in python which probably isn't the best but I don't have time to refresh java atm. For LP I plan on writing up my experience and projects I've worked on as well as notes from work, and printing those out. For system design I have my phone to watch gaurav sen and Tushar Roy (if you have other resources to recommend please do) What else do I need? Or do you think these materials are sufficient I'm interviewing for sde1 (presumably with 1yoe) at AWS in Seattle. I'm fairly okay with leetcode easies and mediums can crack a hard given some time, plan on mainly going over topics like backtrack, DP, and graph theory. Not really amazon specific but if there's any weird gotchas or some material you think I could use Id appreciate the suggestion.
How different is phone and laptop? You can get distracted with phone too.
I recognize that this is true, but it'd be pretty hard to go without my phone in general. My plan is to probably leave it in the hotel drawer when I'm in my room studying. Laptop is worse for me because large screen could lead to YouTube netflix and hours of scrolling Reddit in procrastination. Id probably try to justify it with 10 tabs open of educational material and telling myself I'll study after this video, but let's be honest I probably won't. So I think having physical paper material is better because I cna make notes and restrict my source of study so I'm not overwhelmed either.
What ever works for you! All the best!
Bad idea. You need to practice coding
Handwrite as I would on interview is not enough? Not trying to be sarcastic im being serious as I want to mimic white board and practice walking through manual testing of code etc
Amazon lets you use your laptop to code the answers to the problems.
Whatever works for you
Wow dint know people from big companies watched gkcs. I remember seeing your handle leavingibm for a while here. How long are you in the state of leaving ibm 😂. Grind more I guess. All the best
LOL hopefully by end of next week I have an offer from another company currently but I'm trying to see if I can get the salary boosted :(
The other thing you need is a Strattera prescription. It will help you not worry about it all weekend
I'm currently prescribed Adderall, and plan on bringing some along
After the weekend and interview talk to your doc about switching to Strattera. Instead being an amphetamine , it keeps your own brain chemicals in circulation longer. Whole different approach. Helped me keep calmer and focussed when there were many things coming at me all at once. You might have to wean off the adderall while ramping up the Strattera .