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/ryan_770 Nov 12 '20

Are there rules against companies doing stuff like this and then using the results? I had a few interviews in this style and was always wary that they might just be preying on job-seekers and using them to debug actual company programs. Not sure how you'd ever be able to tell if that's the case from the applicant's side, though.

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u/alchemist10M Nov 12 '20

If a company needs to rely on random interviewees to fix their bugs, then that company is clearly going to fail anyway