Just received an offer from Microsoft. Hardwork finally paid off...!!!

I was working in IT for 5+ years, but felt that I was not good enough for a FAANG company. Though the dream of FAANG was still in me. But I was never able to stay committed towards my LeetCode grind. I would prepare for 1-2 weeks, and then stop my prep for few months. Every time I would try to start again I would feel like I am back to square one. But it all changed on January 2022, I found that my wife was pregnant with twins. And that was a great motivation that would change everything. I devised a strategy to prepare more efficiently and stay committed to leetCode grind and achieve my ultimate goal of joining FAANG. First of all I created a list of top questions asked by top FAANG companies. Then I started solving them, and decided that I will make videos of their solutions and put it on youtube. Hence I started making leetcode solution videos. Made a promise to myself to solve 2-3 questions per week. It was tough at times to keep up with full time IT job, a pregnant wife and I had to drive uber for 15-20 hours per week to make some extra money so we can handle the financial situation. On top of all of that I had to learn extra skills to solve and understand leetcode, plus make decent quality videos. But as the saying goes, "Tough times don't last, tough people do" and I kept the hustle going. I would make videos at 5:00 am, or 11:00 pm. Whenever I got some extra time. As a result now I have solved over 85 Leetcode problems, made videos on them. That helped me clear interview at Microsoft, and landed myself an offer. The interviewers at Microsoft loved the fact that I did that. One of the interviewer saw my video before my final interview, and my recruiter told me that they loved my dedication. Check out "Destination FAANG" YT channel for the list of questions I solved. Somehow I am not able to post google doc link here. So, I had to provide the channel name (NOT TRYING TO PROMOTE MY CHANNEL). Hope it helps some of you.....!!!! #engineering #software #swe