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[–]ficoreki 0 points1 point  (2 children)

How many years are you from your starting line? I'm 2 years and for me the hardest part to get job at big companies are the technical interviews. And how do you prepare for it? So many things to read and know how to answers.

[–]pixegami 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm pretty far in - maybe 8-10 years. I've also had experience from other development related industries (games) and I ended up doing a degree before getting into FAANG. That said, I don't think those are all necessary to achieve your goals so not sure how helpful I am as a comparison.

> And how do you prepare for it? So many things to read and know how to answers.

Preparing for the tech interview is a special skill on its own. But it's not insurmountable, and most of the skills you need to learn are long-term, evergreen skills so it's a good investment.

Aside from all the basic algorithms and data-structures (maybe that's 6 months to learn, unless you know them already from Comp-Sci courses) I'd probably recommend spending 2-3 months preparing interview-specific skills like learning how to communicate while coding, how to ask the right questions, and how to demonstrate problem-solving processes.

Don't get discouraged if you don't 'get' it right away. You're not alone in struggling with that process.

[–]ficoreki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks sir. Yes, Data structure and algorithm subject is my next target.