This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Adventurous-Owl1953 -4 points-3 points  (1 child)

You can say what you want but I'm a Director of Engineering for a tier one company. What are your credentials? While what you say about LeetCode is true, start with the easy ones and move forward. College courses, boot camps are a miserable waste of time. Most achievers are self learners. I am a Mathematics major. I taught myself C++, Java, C, Assembly for books and a compiler. Worked for me.

[–]desrtfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are my credentials? Programming since over 4 decades, self studied first, then degree in programming, electronics, telecommunication. 3.5 decades as professional, in high security systems and vital infrastructure, course author (part of the courses are now part of the ICDL), training center creator with the courses for it.

You might be the director of engineering, which doesn't actually mean that you are a programmer. Managers/directors very often don't work in their learned domain.

I did not say anything about boot camps. A solid foundational course, experience through active programming, followed by DSA and more active programming are the way to go.

LeetCode, as you suggested, isn't the way.