Feel like I am too dumb

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Tender

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Tender
Jan 29, 2019 36 Comments

And never going to make to FAANG because I suck at leetcode. I feel so defeated....

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  • Uber
    gyrhjgfdth

    Go to company page Uber

    gyrhjgfdth
    RANT:

    I took science when I was in school and failed my 11th grade in India with 27% marks and then switched streams to Commerce. Got bare 60% in 12th.

    Couldn’t get into any decent college in India so I went to a private university.. sat for GMAT and I got 520/800 came to us to a low end university in 2009..

    Long story short and not a rag to riches story per SE.. despite being in finance and having low scores I never gave up and worked tremendously hard. In last 7 years I worked at Google Facebook Apple and Linkedin to name a few. Also I started at a nonprofit in Boston during opt when we were at end of recession to stay in visa status for 300$ a month..

    Only point being, keep working hard and take everything as a learning experience..

    FAANG is not the end of the world...

    Telling you this as I felt like this when I had failed and said to myself damn I can’t do anything when everyone was successful in science stream and I was the only guy who flunked in entire school..

    Tc 200k
    Jan 29, 2019 7
  • Intel
    WaferIt

    Go to company page Intel

    WaferIt
    Be ok. FAANG isn’t the end goal. You can still make an amazing living at companies who don’t as LC hards, especially if you don’t insist on living in the bay or Seattle or New York.

    Enjoy time with your family and friends. Have hobbies. Spend time outdoors. Read books. Life isn’t FAANG
    Jan 29, 2019 0
  • Current you might not be FANG material, but future you can be, if you work hard enough.
    Jan 29, 2019 4
    • Intel
      UGeJ58

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      UGeJ58
      A commute is a stupid reason to turn down a company. Did they run out of housing in the area?
      Jan 30, 2019
    • Actually, commute is a very good reason. Research shows that if u spend more then 20 mins in commute one way it starts affecting u negatively.
      Also, I like where I live and would rather not spend on hire cash and stocks on a down payment of a house that costs 3 times my current and spend the pay raise on the mortgage of that house.
      Company wise, u just need to find a good team where u keep growing.
      Jan 30, 2019
  • Apple
    Wapple

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    Wapple
    In high school I took the AP comp sci test before graduation and scored a literal 0. This is after taking the only programming class my high school offered.

    I took the ACT (similar to SAT) and scored the national average of 21.

    When I started college I didn’t know what a mathematical function was. I did not understand sin() and cos().

    Despite this, I pursued a BS CS degree. I graduated 60k in debt at 22 years old. I busted my ass and am thankful for my fellow students who helped support me. I graduated with a 3.5 GPA.

    Fast forward many years and now “I’ve made it” making 250 TC at the big Apple. There’s not a day goes by I don’t forget where I came from. You can do this.

    It’s not always the strongest or the smartest that succeed, but it’s the most persistent.
    Jan 30, 2019 1
    • New / Eng
      Badcoder

      New Eng

      PRE
      AngelList, Salesforce
      Badcoder
      Mad respect
      Jan 30, 2019
  • Square
    ☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️

    Go to company page Square

    ☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️
    Don’t work for the sleazy F of FANG
    Jan 30, 2019 0