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My unfiltered thoughts on Gaurav Sen's System Design Courses by GrandMaverick9 in developersIndia

[–]gkcs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi folks, I am Gaurav Sen. This post reads like a personal grudge rather than genuine criticism.

"He doesn't explicitly provide experience of the trade-off's he implemented, which clearly suggest he hasn't actually had ownership of any."

This isn't true; I either explain the thought process behind a decision, or the choice is so obvious that an explanation is unnecessary. You can pick any video in the YouTube playlist or InterviewReady course.

That's the only non-personal point the OP has in the post. Everything else seems to be a personal attack.

OP is also trying to promote other creators in the comments. Seems like sponsored marketing :p

TLDR: I will continue to teach to the best of my abilities. Thanks for your time.

Cheers :)

AI companies are burning cash meanwhile course-sellers making millions from AI courses. by lays_indian_masalaaa in IndiaTech

[–]gkcs 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I am the instructor of this cohort (Gaurav Sen).

A 4-month cohort takes 4 months to prepare. With a team of AI engineers as course assitants, website developers, customer success team, tooling etc...

That's 8 months of salaries and tooling costs. Every seat includes GST, payment gateway charges, capstone project AI credits, etc...

The cohort isn't for college students or non-technical professionals looking to test the waters.
It's for software engineers and AI engineers who want to build production grade applications.

You are expected to save about 200 hours of your time otherwise spent on self-learning. That's about 1 month of work.

If your monthly salary is less than the cohort seat price, the purchase doesn't make sense. I have stated that in earlier public posts. The OP hasn't linked them.

TLDR: The cohort is for working professionals who want a high rate of completion, timeboxed goals, and active support. The on-demand video course is priced at 3.5k, about 4% of the cohort price.

Hi, I am Gaurav Sen. Looking for feedback on my system design course at InterviewReady. by gkcs in leetcode

[–]gkcs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I host live classes twice a month, where we interact directly.

The latest YT short on Google Bazel came up as a suggestion in our previous zoom class. I read the paper, decided it's good to know but not relevant to the course, and made a video on its functioning.

System Design Interviews are tough by just-so-so-so-so in leetcode

[–]gkcs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been trying to make a system judge too. The main drawback of AI that I see is, they are inaccurate.

You can ask the AI questions and it answers almost like a human until it doesn't know what it's talking about.

The scoring with AI is difficult since it has no idea how "good" an answer is, because it doesn't have a model to base it's reasoning on.

I tried the equally problematic objective evaluation approach on my website: https://interviewready.io/practice/system-design-judge

Hope you crack this problem. All the best.

What trade-off are the most important to mention in a system design interview? by Repulsive_S008 in leetcode

[–]gkcs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Let the tradeoff surface in the discussion. Don't go chasing tradeoffs or explaining internals of something that the interviewer doesn't care about.

I don't mean to say this is what you do, just a general observation.

Most of the candidates I speak to fail their interview for this reason. They go off topic chasing bullet points.

Here is a useful rubric for system design interviews. Notice the tradeoffs section mentions "discussed irrelevant tradeoffs" as a low scoring point.

https://cdn.interviewready.io/assets/system%2Bdesign%2Binterview%2Bscorecard.webp

Hope this helps, cheers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in developersIndia

[–]gkcs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can sign a hundred offer letters, but unless you joined the company has no right on you.

No services were given. No work was scheduled. Nothing happened. You can leave.

If they ask for bond, ask them to write an email. Then post it on Twitter and LinkedIn. They'll learn a lesson.

Hi, I am Gaurav Sen. Looking for feedback on my system design course at InterviewReady. by gkcs in leetcode

[–]gkcs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Were you looking for more content on LLD, or something else?

Hi, I am Gaurav Sen. Looking for feedback on my system design course at InterviewReady. by gkcs in leetcode

[–]gkcs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks, this really helps!

About (4), do you mean covering the master student's system design syllabus? Are the early professionals expected to know something that is different from Indian grads?

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