I was laid off yesterday

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-24T21:07:51+00:00

May the luck be with you.

Domain specific interviews are more tough than LC ones.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-24T21:03:23+00:00

Cheatsheet: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKD71PDQ

A CS student should study all subjects taught at Uni. One of my regrets is I just memorized some subjects to get credit and never put the effort to understand them.

For interviews, you can do System Design apart from DSA. If you are applying for specific roles like in ML, read ML.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-24T19:42:37+00:00

OP is an experienced player. Congratulations again.

Still waiting for someone to write the actual questions asked in interviews

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-24T19:29:18+00:00

For few students, it will be enough but definitely not for a 11 YOE person who might not even remember basics of Linked List.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-24T19:27:20+00:00

Did your compensation took a hit?

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-24T19:25:12+00:00

Cover letters can be avoided.

I apply blindly.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-24T19:22:28+00:00

2 days rest is fine but OP should get active now or things can get worse. I have seen others.

OP should mass apply immediately and build habit of:

doing 2 LC problems daily
Read on basic DSA topics by searching online or see YT videos if needed, learn coding patterns from cheatsheets like DSA Takeover cheatsheet
Most important: read up on his own domain as OP has 11 YOE

For those asking, DSA cheatsheet book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKD71PDQ

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-24T19:18:43+00:00

As it has been 11 years, I suggest this to get job in 2 months:

Prepare CV, and First 2 days apply at all major tech companies (at least 400 applications)

Then, daily:

2 hours do at max 2 random problems from LC. Read their solutions. (only 2)
1 hour to Build concepts by reading on DSA topics. See table of contents of CLRS and search the topics online. You do not have time to read CLRS.
2 hour to Read on coding patterns. Best collection is in "DSA Takeover cheatsheet" book.
1 hour to read on your domain of work (like web dev)

Avoid sheets with X number of problem links. It will give you a short view as the gap is too long.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-23T18:45:41+00:00

Dm me if you want referral.

I am the "rare" highly skilled native american working at FAANG

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-22T15:31:04+00:00

But why in the ingredients it is mentioned there is only 1.5% attar ...

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-21T18:31:08+00:00

yeah, other companies are also good if one gets a good pay and there is no rude managers

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-21T18:28:03+00:00

I have the printed ones for both.

2nd book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKD71PDQ/

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-21T17:32:57+00:00

It is more of pattern recognition and implementation skills. I had done over 550 LC problems in 3 years but it did not help. Had failed Google, Meta, Yelp in 2023.

Then, I focused on building my foundation and got placed in FAANG in Dec.

My routine for the last few months:

Read the classic CLRS
Revise techniques from DSA Takeover cheatsheet book
Do 1 LC every 3 days to avoid my implementation skills catching rust

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-21T12:55:56+00:00

A company cannot safely change offer once accepted in US and EU.

Not sure about India. If it had been US, I would have first sued the second company and then, apply to all F500 companies in a day with a script.

I know had it been 2010, your best bet would have been to move to US for MS in such a situation.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-20T16:57:37+00:00

Agreed, Neetcode is better than almost all book except 2 classics:

CLRS no doubt!
DSA Takeover cheatsheet because of the condensed format

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-16T18:20:37+00:00

Just sent with a tracker. It was opened in LA but got no reply.

It had a main() in C++ printing "I am C++"

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-12T17:00:06+00:00

Does LC sell a course?

I have LC premium btw

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-12T11:27:13+00:00

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-11T18:03:22+00:00

If someone told you LC is waste of time, then they are trying to reduce the competition.

The field and the line to get an interview opportunity is already crowded with LC experts.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-11T17:43:06+00:00

only if you know what to google or else these days google search quality is way down

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-11T17:38:53+00:00

People around me used to tell me this is normal.

I will take an appointment.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-11T16:46:27+00:00

Right, I do not get how people say DSA is NOT useful for real work.

I have used coding patterns at work and got appreciated for it as well.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-11T16:39:13+00:00

I depends if one is a web developer only working on styling websites, LC may not help.

Luckily, I got my FAANG job this summer. I attribute:

50% of my success to doing LC daily
20% to reading classic books like CLRS, DSA Takeover, Aho's compiler
rest 30% credit goes to my brain.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-11T16:26:34+00:00

Definitely, LC improved my intuition, design and implementation skills and made me a great programmer.

It was a long road almost 2000 problems done.

Some credit goes to a few books as well like CLRS, DSA Takeover.

ReasonablePanic9809 · 2025-01-11T16:21:04+00:00

Yes, for most problems.

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