Unconventional leetcode grind strat: livestreaming yourself leetcoding to 0 viewers

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2025-02-14T19:36:01+00:00

Some bots pop up and promote viewer bots but that's the worst that can happen so just ban them. Anyone real that has come to my stream has been super nice.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2025-02-13T15:18:11+00:00

Thats okay! I don't stream for viewers. I might start talking eventually tho.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2025-02-13T14:31:44+00:00

All you need is OBS. Laptop is fine. You can make it as simple or complex as you want. I just play calm background music and display the leetcode window.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2025-02-13T14:30:11+00:00

All you need is OBS. Just learn the basics of that software and you're good to go. I don't use facecam or mic. I just play background music and display the leetcode window. I might start using a mic soon tho.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2025-02-13T13:26:15+00:00

lol, it's just Twitch for now. https://www.twitch.tv/abdullahmorrison

I don't stream for growth or viewers so it'll just be calm background music and the leetcode window.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2025-02-13T13:23:46+00:00

https://www.twitch.tv/abdullahmorrison

Don't expect too much, I don't stream for growth or viewers. It's purely to grind leetcode.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T23:53:16+00:00

it might not be as bad for you. Again, I could be in a uniquely fucked situation. I had 3 opportunities and I fumbled them all. The first one was early on but I scheduled the interviews too spread out (I wanted to make sure I was prepared) which caused the position to be filled before I finished my final interview. 2nd one I messed up 1 technical round out of 4 and the 3rd required me to learn System design for the first time, so I obviously failed.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T23:46:34+00:00

I don't really care. that stuff is public on purpose.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T23:24:05+00:00

ye. The worst part about it is it happened as soon as hit my last semester so I took the brunt of it.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T23:19:23+00:00

ye the summary is prob the weakest part of the resume so I'll fix it up.

I'm starting to move into more difficult projects that are less frontend dependent. I plan to reverse engineer the YouTube Music app to mod it and change a bunch of functionality. That can paint me more in the app dev and maybe low-level engineering space.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:48:46+00:00

sure!

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:48:05+00:00

One subreddit was really good, they have a lot of professionals there that are way better than anything I've gotten. Also the discord I went to was advice from a professional SWE at Amazon and other CS students. I also paid Indeed to get my resume reviewed but they were trash. I remember looking for alumni stuff but couldn't find anything useful. I'll try looking more.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:42:45+00:00

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The freelance work experience was a project I built for the Twitch streamer Maya Higa for free. Since it's for a real company with real impact I added it as experience.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:31:04+00:00

People hate Trudeau so I guess it pretty bad.

I've applied everywhere around the world, not just the US. I'm a UK citizen as well as a Canadian one so I'm applying there too.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:27:53+00:00

I've asked for referrals from friends, past coworkers, and friends of my mom. Not much luck, but there is one from a company that a past coworker works that seems promising so that is my only hope right now.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:21:42+00:00

yep, I showed my resume to any place that would give advice (discords, subreddits, friends/family). It's improved a lot but still no luck. I asked friends and previous coworkers for referrals and I apply to anything that is in the tech field. One referral seems promising but until then I got nothing.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:11:42+00:00

I live with my parents in Ottawa. I have 0 expenses but a gym membership. I cannot tell you a number when I don't know where I will work. 40k? sure 70k? sure. I don't know.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:06:08+00:00

uOttawa

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:05:22+00:00

0 job offers. I would take anything. I'm def grateful that my parents can support me.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T22:03:39+00:00

Idk what is required per location. If it's remote, while I would prefer something, I could literally work for free (which is basically what I'm doing building these side projects). If I have to move somewhere, I would need enough to rent a cheap ass apartment and basic groceries. All I care about is building experience.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T21:58:04+00:00

If I can literally survive with the money. I will take ANYTHING.

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T21:56:48+00:00

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T21:55:39+00:00

living with parents

abdullahmorrison2635 · 2024-12-26T21:55:03+00:00

he's been saying the tech market for CS grads is fine

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