One month ago, I posted on Blind asking for a LeetCode study buddy. The post went viral, and the NYC LC Squad was founded! And boy did it take off! Last meetup we had over 50 attendees and split into groups of 5 by leetcode difficulty (Easy, Medium, Meta speciality). We also had a systems design group too! We started getting regulars, and even splitting off into weekday study groups meeting almost every day. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. We were kind of “borrowing” WeWork’s space. And with >50 people storming their space, they weren’t too keen on that. They were kind enough to let us have our last meetup last week. And then we were out a venue. We were scrambling. Space isn’t cheap in NYC. And techies are known for their, ahem, “thriftiness”. We made a tough decision to charge $20 a head and offer some free scholarship tickets for on those in need. We raised $300 by Thursday. After hours of research and touring 5 or 6 spaces, we landed on a tiny converted dance studio that could at best hold 20 people. Not ideal. I scoured my address book for sponsorships and advice. And through a friend of a friend (of a friend) we landed on our guardian angel 👼, NomadWorks. A beautiful Coworking space in NoMad (hence the name), they were charging 4x the amount we raised. We thought that it was over. Yesterday, 10PM, literally as I stepped off the plane, I get an email. Last minute, they gave us a 75% discount for the next two meetups 🤩 Miracles do happen. Tomorrow, we are having our biggest ever meetup in their beautiful 23,000 sqft space overlooking the Empire State Building 🗽 This group helped me immensely. A month ago I could not solve a LC Easy. A few days ago I passed a Meta tech screen. I’m a social person, and having others around me for motivation, and speaking my solutions out loud did wonders. And I’ve so proud to have seen a number of our regulars grow and clear FAANG interview rounds! Join us, and let’s tackle this job market together 💪 EventBrite for Tomorrow: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-leetcode-study-group-big-meet-nomadworks-flatiron-tickets-878995257477?aff=apr27blindstory Website: https://lcsquad.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/p9MmYP8ZYm Subscribe on EventBrite for Future Events: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/nyc-leetcode-squad-81316880333
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🤣 I haven’t seen any other industry where people have to meet and prep just to try to game the interviews and show that they’re geniuses but just be mediocre at best on the job!
This is probably the cringiest shit I’ve read today
I’m honestly curious, which parts did you find cringe? I think that this group can help a lot of people in this job market. But it seems my messaging may have been off in this post.
Uipath you must be fun at parties
How did you get into Dropbox if you couldn’t solve LC easy?
As a FE engineer. Never had to do LC before.
Damn!! What did the Dropbox asked in the interviews?
Groups like this tend to be too broad and supportive to be effective. You end up focusing on the community instead of your goals. I appreciate the effort, and I think you'll all make friends. But at the end of the day, I don't think you'll get what you're looking for. Not like this.
One way we’re attempting to solve this is the “study pods” model. As soon as you come in, you get grouped with 4-5 other people. And from there you do problems together. The goal is to get you to find friends on same level and in the same neighborhood and form your own study groups
Since when did Blind turn into LinkedIn?