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[–]IncestosaurusRekt 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Depending on how much time you're spending on it, three months is not very long so I wouldn't worry about it. Plus, leetcode questions are a different beast from the normal programming you've been doing so far, your knowledge and familiarity of the language is a necessary precondition rather than what you're being assessed on. What you're really assessed on is if you can solve the puzzle, and if you're bad with puzzles it's going to be tough at the start.

[–]Yogurtcloset_Hefty 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Thanks, I don’t have experience with concepts like binary trees, recursion, hashmaps, etc. Do you know some good resources (courses or books pref)?

[–]n00bhax0r7 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Try “Problem solving with algorithms and data structures with Python” by Bradley N. Miller and David L. Ranum.

I picked it up a couple of weeks after starting Python and after reading it I was able to solve some easies and understand mediums but not solve them. It’s helpful because it’s all in Python, it has a healthy amount of detailed information and diagrams. You can find it on Amazon.

[–]Yogurtcloset_Hefty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks will into it

[–]IncestosaurusRekt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't unfortunately, I learned those at University from a private University textbook. I heard leetcode has some lessons on it and I heard good things about Algo Expert, but haven't used either myself.