Want to prepare DSA and SD and other stuffs related to crack backend software engineering roles. Need to switch and get higher TC. Is it worth going with interview kickstart for 3 months of course with structured plan. Anyone who went through it, please suggest. #engineering #software #swe
I signed up. My support period (the 4 months after the course ends where you can still get live support) ends next month. Honestly it’s a good program, you get good info and you have the opportunity to talk with and discuss with engineers at FAANG as they are the course instructors. They also do mock interviews, LinkedIn and resume correction, etc. But for me, i didn’t have the discipline to stick with it and be consistent. I’m extremely behind in all my lessons. Sadly the program can’t give you discipline. But the $8K you pay is exorbitant. You could buy a book to learn all these ds and algo, YouTube and Grokking for system design. Then pay someone to do FAANG mock interviews for a couple hundred bucks. But that takes a little more self discipline. Bottom line, if structure is what you struggle with then IK will help, but if discipline is what you struggle with then paying for structure won’t benefit you. Coming from someone who wasted $6K and no FAANG. SN: If you do decide to go through with it, for the love God get a buddy. Don’t just grind it by yourself. Look up somebody on LinkedIn, get their WhatsApp or Discord and y’all schedule time to meet up and talk everyday. Best way to not fall behind. All the best
Don't fall for it.
I know someone who made the mistake of doing IK. He regretted it tremendously. It’s a complete scam and waste of money…especially in this market.
How do you mean in this market? You mean the market is too good to need that help?
Buy the $80 leetcode data structures course, and let chat gpt do systems design interviews with you
Ok, this is nonsense - especially the ChatGPT part
Scam . Never fall for it. They have very aggressive marketing campaigns. Just practice and you will get better
I agree their marketing is super aggressive. But I am still wondering if they have actual utility
So leetcode and bytebytego for dsa and sd? Should I stick to these two for 3 months and start interviewing?
They put up the full syllabus on their website. How hard is it to search for it online and prepare yourself?
It’s not about the preparation - it’s about the counseling and feedback.
Please don’t. I did it except omkar videos nothing is good. These so called FAANG engineers are just straight up bad teachers. Support period is abyass no one cares about you.
May be useful but way too expensive imo.. I thought about it few years ago but did self-learning and I’m glad I did that.. YouTube and comments on blind are super useful