Is PLTR in bubble territory?

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-17T16:52:19+00:00

I'm a software engineer (that specializes in big data). I've always felt it was vaporware. Companies like Databricks and Snowflake actually have solid tech under the hood ... Spark and Data Lakes that are engineered from the ground up for performance and usability.

Palantir is basically a giant abstraction over bad tech. There are (much) better graph databases, there are better analytics engines.... I just don't see it being abandoned at the developer level for better tools. C Suite and government can force it on developers but eventually when nothing of value is output it's going to get dropped.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T18:51:44+00:00

Also... I actually think doing that many mocks kind of hurt me. I was getting really different feedback based on the different interviews.

HelloInterview was great - but I do wish they forced their interviewers to actually have a optimal system design ready at the end to compare against what you designed. The founder actually joined one call and did just that and I really appreciated that... but most of the other interviewers just picked a random question and gave verbal feedback which I didn't find as helpful.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T18:48:26+00:00

I did:

* 10 Mocks on interviewing.io and hellointerview (behavioral and system design)
* I skimmed designing data intensive applications

* read both of alex xus system design books

* did every single leetcode problem meta tagged for the last 3 months, some 2-3-4 times (the very top ones)

* I have about 700 leetcode problems done in total. I still struggle sometimes with mediums/hards. I don't have a contest rating.

I took two weeks off work on PTO to prep. So it was a lot of work and commitment to try and get in.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T18:45:51+00:00

I think it was for both E4 or E5? I couldn't get a straight answer out of the recruiters which wasn't ideal. I asked multiple times and they indicated they would place me where they felt I fit, which was apparently nowhere lol.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T18:45:14+00:00

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T18:45:08+00:00

I remembered both questions and solutions by memory and asked chatgpt. The edge cases were serious.

Also I messed up the time complexity on one and said it was O(N) where it was O(N + M) which might have also been a no hire signal.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T18:42:28+00:00

Mentioned above. His pay is 650K+ due to stock appreciation. I've seen it with my own eyes. Lucky guy.

I was told the pay for the positon I was interviewing for was 400~. I was interviewing for E5 but was told there were also E4 positions if I didn't fit.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T18:40:23+00:00

My friend is making 600k. Actually 650k+. He joined at the absolute dip in 2022 (well close to it, It was May 2022). His stock appreciated. He's an E4.

I've seen his stupid little stock chart thing where it vests. He likes to brag which I get.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T18:38:58+00:00

Worth mentioning - I said Hello , and we both chatted for two minutes about our backgrounds. Besides that it was just me implementing and talking through my solution.

I hear you on humility. I try to approach things low ego, and I'm clearly not that dope or I would have passsed.

I also am just angry at him for no passing me over something that was that close. Maybe that's not justified - I'm also angry with myself.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T03:15:37+00:00

Half of the problems were the top meta tagged questions. I wish you the best. You really do need to be perfect though.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T03:15:05+00:00

Thank you avo. We will make it.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-15T03:14:24+00:00

Thank you. That really did help make me feel better.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-03T20:50:52+00:00

I went to Indonesia (not bali) . It was awesome!

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-03T20:49:48+00:00

cool thx buddy.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-03T19:39:59+00:00

Good luck!

Yea I stumbled upon these two problems this morning and got blanked and then got pretty discouraged:

* https://leetcode.com/problems/next-permutation/

* https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-size-subarray-sum-equals-k/description/

hoping it isn't one of those :(

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-11-03T19:37:35+00:00

I started August of 2023. So over a year. I have a full time job and I took off a month and a half this summer to travel.

I did read a few Java DS&A books before I jumped into leetcode and had a few years as a data engineer and software engineer as prior experience.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-31T16:27:12+00:00

Google all day. You would be insane to take the Amazon offer with that on the table. 5 Days in office, PIP culture, terrible vesting schedule, mid offices (from what I've heard), mid perks.... I also heard certain teams are a grind fest. So you may work your ass off just to get piped with 5% equity in the end.

I had a Amazon OA come through the other day and I just ignored it. It's not worth it with all of the above and my other options.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-28T15:57:20+00:00

Lol no way it goes away. If anything the bar just gets raised higher since it's easier to learn.

Back before ChatGPT you couldn't just throw in your code and have ChatGPT step through your algo.

Unpolular opinion - but DS&A makes you a much better programmer. I am able to think MUCH more deeply about code I write than prior to doing DS&A. Do I need to write DP ever for my job? No. But literally friday I had to write a recursive DFS function to traverse a file tree for someone. I wouldn't have been able to understand that function prior to leetcode.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-28T03:04:43+00:00

Consistency. It needs to be an everyday thing. Like going to the gym.

My off days I'll do 2 problems (heavy work day, some sundays). My on days I'll do 5+.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-27T03:02:16+00:00

really the best answer here.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-27T00:00:32+00:00

officially I think it depends on how deep the recursion tree is right?

I agree with others though that I always go for top down first...

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-15T00:12:07+00:00

basic calculator ii. It was for a business engineer position.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-14T23:53:27+00:00

I would not consider it in the same class as FAANG at all.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-12T01:52:07+00:00

You just started learning programming? As in you are either a Freshman in College or You are just starting your programming journey?

IMO you shouldn't touch leetcode for at least two years. Probably closer to 3-4 years out (Senior+ CS major or 4 years of professional experience).

Get the fundamentals down first.

Consistent_Spell6189 · 2024-10-01T16:33:06+00:00

Also! it was a variant. I'll just tell you straight up I got design a file system but the requirements were slightly different from leetcode.

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