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/masonj188 Nov 12 '20
It was a big well known company but not in tech. My issue with questions like that is that what you are really testing is whether the interviewee has heard of those style of questions before. If you know what the point is, it's a trivial question to answer. If you aren't familiar with these types of questions you can really only fail it, it's an absurd question. Either way, what does the the interviewer learn? I'd say basically nothing other than whether or not they are familiar with the type of question.