LC is the biggest scam of the tech industry

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CryptoLord

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 CryptoLord
Jan 26 91 Comments

Like seriously none of us aren't gonna be finding a median from a data stream every day on the job or ever. LC isn't even real programming.

Inb4 people saying I bombed an interview. No.

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  • Microsoft
    SirJuda๐Ÿฅƒ

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    SirJuda๐Ÿฅƒ
    LC type problems appear in the real world all the time. It's just that if you don't know algos well, you can't spot them.
    Jan 26 7
    • Rockport Networks
      AOT996

      Rockport Networks

      AOT996
      @Microsoft dealing with file systems and hierarchy does present some common tree problems. Binary trees or BSTs on the other handโ€ฆ.
      Jan 26
    • Dave / Eng
      eudyse

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       eudyse
      YMMV depending on what team you are on and what features you build out. No FE engineer is going to need it. Most Fullstacks will not. And even some BE engineers don't use it.
      Jan 27
  • You sound salty. Im guessing you just bombed an interview because you didnt prep well enough?
    Jan 26 7
  • Google
    taxAvoider

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    taxAvoider
    LC is a better filter than what companies used before. Lower tier companies will auto reject you if you've never used some very obscure language or framework before, even if you say you're willing to learn. I've noticed those companies hire with even more favoritism and incompetent people than companies that use LC.
    Jan 26 4
  • Meta
    uga buga

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    uga buga
    You arenโ€™t going to be answering behavioural questions every day either or designing the whole of Uber from scratch - itโ€™s still a good tool to evaluate a candidate though.
    Jan 26 3
  • Fortinet / Other
    SwamiBro

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    Nokia
     SwamiBro
    No it is not. At first I also thought same. But slowly as I am solving problems I do realized it is the only natural best way to get good at programming. Problem solving. You learn to solve small problems, which trains you to solve bigger problems. Like you start running a mile first to train for a marathon, you life 10 pounds to start weightlifting. LC is going here to stay in programming world forever period.
    Jan 26 4
    • Ford
      rich me fa

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      rich me fa
      Practicing Leetcode to get good at programming is like drawing circles to get better at basketball.
      Jan 26
    • Dave / Eng
      eudyse

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       eudyse
      Actually I see more companies start using practical interviews instead. It will probably stay with FAANG companies for awhile as they have all drank the koolaid, but practical interviews are getting more popular.

      Also if you want to see an interviewer breakdown a big problem into a smaller problem, there are better ways to go about it
      Jan 27