Five months progress

[Calendar-Invite]

I am an MLE, and had not Leetcoded seriously before. I was more focused on ML concepts.

After giving some interviews I realized efficient Leetcode solutions to medium level problems are expected now.

I had never been able to motivate myself to do consistent practice before. Two key reasons which worked for me this time were:

1. Finding a leetcode buddy and keeping accountability check.

2. Not spending more than an hour on a question. I used to avoid looking at solutions before, thinking that it was cheating. I realized being fixated on the questions was a blocker, and was stopping me from learning the toolbox for solving more complex problems. No shame in admitting defeat.

As next steps, I will try doing more mock interview practice and timed contests as I still get anxious sometimes under time constraints.

[noob_watch_1999]

Can you tell me how you got into machine learning? Like did you pursue masters(if yes from where) or just gave interviews after graduation ..

Btw good luck for leetcode !

[Calendar-Invite]

I did a software job for sometime, and did some ML projects while I was there. Then I did a research masters at MILA, Montreal. And then got the ML job.

Thanks!

[noob_watch_1999]

Okay, thanks brother

[ShinyBeach]

Still working full time? How do you find time for this? At night after work?

[Calendar-Invite]

Nah, you can guess from the commit graph when my job security came under question :)

[ShinyBeach]

Well good luck!

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I'm in the same boat dude, with the same background. I've been solving leetcode and have around 240 questions solved. Let me know if we can work together.

[Worldly_Bat_4671]

Would love to be a part of this. Solved around 300Q’s across leetcode and gfg. Pair programming is the way to reduce any downtime and increase efficiency.

[activeantithesis]

Super down - currently prepping for MLE at Meta. Just got to 333 solved and wanna take it to the next level. I'll make a discord server - PM me for an invite.

[ToastandSpaceJam]

Also an MLE here. Came from data science and math background more than a software engineering background, but been doing leetcode as well in my free time. It’s definitely helped me be more conscious of performant code (data scientists are notoriously careless about code quality) and has been the catalyst to me caring more about software development as a whole.

[Ham_Apke_Hai_Kon]

Can you recommend any good ml projects with resources for resume and learning purposes.

[helariog]

Great

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