My dignity, i told everyone i would get in the last 4 months of my life my family; stopped talking to them (sparsely picked up calls) my friends; stopped talking to them; them being 1 my bank account; i am bleeding money like jeff Bezos competitors My mental and physical health: leetcode on computer all day, or atleast sit at computer all day everything into my Amazon interview which is in 1 month. No CS degree, unemployed, less then 1 years of work experience. No one else is hiring me this is my last shot!!!!! 250 LC Send me your positive energy through the poll!
Not talking to friends and family for 4 months = tragic if true Asking a community of strangers for energy = fake/trolling
the poll is a proxy for how likely people think my chances are. I could have just asked right out, what are my chances, but this is a bit more light hearted. Ofcourse it was not a 100% cut off of friends and family but there would be weeks where i dont reach out or respond. Just to give my self more motivation and drive. To not get comfortable
What if the most qualified people to detemine how likely your chances are, aren’t seeing this poll or aren’t on blind at all? Does that motivate you knowing that a bunch of monkeys (myself included) are clicking random buttons in a poll? I think you are trolling for attention, but if you aren’t, good luck and spend less time on blind
Looks like you are doing good on the LC side. Don’t forget to focus on LP (Leadership Principles) as that is equally important for Amazon interviews.
thanks, for the next month, i will be drilling problems and much as humanly possible
It sounds like it really depends how comfortable you are at leetcode at this point.
Kids are dramatic these days - let me guess you are under 25 and think you are old. I am almost 40, got 2 kids in Bay Area with negative net worth... oh I also got a dog and don’t have any equity even though I managed to help last startup grew from 2 people to 200... so buckle up, dust up and stop crying... Amazon is not answer to your life problems... you not being able to see after it is the problem
I am 30. And atleast you have a wife and kids. No girl friend, no wife. Nothing going for me. No experiences, just wasted my life on computer depressed. I dont even care about the money. Just want a job in a field I like and have a chance to excel at. Amazon is the only one what gave me a chance if we are being honest. And that was after kind blind members refereed me
Once again everyone’s perspective to life is different but how about you go to Upwork.com and Udemy.com at the same time - I did that when I could not pay my bills even after earning over 125k few years back.. learn new skills and apply for freelance work... I got a project on MEAN stack that I never worked on, I would read / study for that and work on it in day... that was after my 8-9hr day job... this is not about me bragging but trying to make reality sense into you... if you think you are alone, I feel for you but you can adopt a pet... even a small fish can help you divert some of your negative thoughts away. Focus on learning, earning follows
With half of the effort mentioned, one could easily bag a handful of positions. You’ll probably have to revisit your strategy.
sadly, i think that might have been pre-covid. The market is so insanely competitive for entry level. I am essentially competing with new grads with degrees/internship and people who have been laid off
How did you get an interview without a CS degree?
got the interview thanks to referrals from kind members of blind. I got like 4 in total and applied. A recruiter reached out shortly
All the best bro! Always explain brute force before jumping to optimized versions. Make sure you are able to tell time and space complexities properly. Even if you are asked a problem in interview which you have solved already, try to act like you are thinking hard and then solve it.
If you grinded LC that long and it’s for SDE1 then I’d say you have a pretty good shot, but of course there’s always some luck with these things
things have been unlucky so far, statically something has to go write. Cant have tails 20 times in a row, gotta come up heads sometime
Holy moly Ive been studying a lot but not excommunicating my fam haha. Id take a two day break. Im kind of in same boat and ive solved problems with a fresher mind
i have half-assed too much in life. I saw a calendar that show how many summers you have left before you die and it was depressing to say the least. sometimes you have to go full throttle
Is this a troll
Spiced up some parts to add a little comedic effect so the situation does not come off as depressing as it is. But the core of it is true. No job, I get no calls for interviews, no cs degree, etc
why is this your last shot?
I dont have funds to keep giving interviews, will have to take another job. I am already old, relative to most entry levels, and its not like i can keep at this rat race with no sign of employment