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But it takes like half a year to get that good, if you just practice a bit in college you get there. I'm not sure why people complain so much. People just need to stop memorizing and start practicing how to understand problems instead.

> I assume you're not on the same level as William Lin or tourist, so it would be like them wondering why you struggle on a particular problem when they can do every one easily.

Those have spent more than 10x as much time as me on that though. I got to my level in about 6 months that I spent to pivot from math to programming, that isn't unreasonable effort for anyone, most computer science grads have spent more time learning algorithms than I had.



Your leetcode may be A grade but your empathy, self-reflection, and frankly critical thinking skills need a ton of work.

If you had realized that

* in 90+% of job openings, whiteboard leetcode interviews optimize for the wrong thing, and neither the candidate nor the interviewer should be honored for its inclusion in the process

* live coding exercises are just as much an exercise in psychology - your willingness to submit to unreasonable demands and their willingness to subject you to them

* negative discrimination (i.e. weed out requirements) create biases in your hiring process and ultimately skill gaps in your personnel base

You would potentially be self-aware enough not to post this cavalier and self-aggrandizing comment.


As the person who replied to you says, you have a lot to learn about being a good, empathetic and kind human. I suggest for your own life you take some time to work on that if your technical skills are already good.




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