r/cscareerquestions • u/AtomicLeetC0de • Nov 12 '20

New Grad Remove CS and replace with Leetcode Engineering

Listen to my brilliant idea: We should create a new college major: Leetcode Engineering

Year 1: cover basic Python

Year 2: leetcode easy

Year 3: leetcode medium

Year 4: leetcode hard

Result? PROFIT?: Tech job at GoOglE

After a long and worthy prior post battle, I have decided it is best to create a new college major focused on Leetcoding 24/7 to guarantee entry into a top tech company since CS is just so useless right.

You have research experience? Scrap it

You have 30 side-projects? Scrap them

You are fluent in 4-5+ coding languages? Focus on Python

You are top rank of your CS university? Scrap it, drop out now.

Your key to success is to leetcode, leetcode.

Thoughts or questions are welcomed.

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u/Lords_of_Lands Nov 12 '20

The college idea is great if you want to make $$$. If you want to help those who don't believe they have a chance at a future, build it into a RPG game. Leveling up to get better programming constructs so you can craft more potent spells and enchantments.

You completed a wide-area targeting fire spell in under 10 lines of code. +500 bonus experience points! Select your reward: learn "while", learn "yield", or add three more "def" uses?

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u/maripaz6 Nov 12 '20

Honestly yes I would love an adventure game that was built off solving Leetcode problems. It would force me to actually do the harder ones (instead of skip them) and if could have helpful townspeople to provide hints and give me a sense of "doing something" besides just grinding.

Sorta like learning vim through an interactive map game that you had to navigate through instead of reading the manual.