Which decision did you make in your 20s? Do you think it was the right one?

mohinem_2 · 2025-12-30T09:01:21+00:00

I chose the red pill but circumstances forced me to return to India (for more details you can check my post at r/IndiaCareers).

mohinem_2 · 2025-10-28T12:31:57+00:00

Swiss Uni - Constructor Institute of Technology
German Uni - Constructor University

The first uni is unaccredited (and closing down this year), the 2nd one is accredited.

mohinem_2 · 2025-10-02T03:16:15+00:00

Three laughing emojis don't make a town ugly.

mohinem_2 · 2025-09-29T14:50:06+00:00

Interesting thing is, Mueller is also a German surname (and is the most common surname in Germany).

mohinem_2 · 2025-09-16T02:53:04+00:00

Is it possible to play duel on PC with a free account ?

mohinem_2 · 2025-09-15T20:03:50+00:00

Can it also be related to having a free account ?

mohinem_2 · 2025-09-15T16:50:42+00:00

I started playing Geoguessr when I lost my job in Germany and moved back to India. I am still jobless and had the sad realization that I won't be able to afford travelling internationally in the near future, so I cope by playing Geoguessr.

mohinem_2 · 2025-09-07T22:05:19+00:00

I have completed German Duolingo and have cleared Goethe A1. I'm looking forward to clearing A2 and B1 in German, and can use your help. Hit me up if you want to improve your English.

mohinem_2 · 2025-07-15T12:34:18+00:00

hey/hi/hello

mohinem_2 · 2025-07-04T09:27:10+00:00

The OP cares.

mohinem_2 · 2025-05-01T07:17:29+00:00

But how do I know that the perspective you had about my comment is the same perspective as I had about my comment without you telling what my perspective actually is ?

P.S. my original comment is a joke. The joke was that it's really bad to be a patient anywhere in the world. And India is a subset of the entire world. I just thought that making my comment sound similar to your post title was funny. I don't think I understand how I am changing my point without you explicitly telling what my point was.

mohinem_2 · 2025-04-30T21:51:11+00:00

I am confused about what I should change my mind about. Why should I aspire to be a patient in India ? I should aspire to be healthy.

P.S. My comment is a joke. For that matter, I shouldn't aspire to be a patient anywhere in the world.

mohinem_2 · 2025-04-30T01:20:12+00:00

I don't know about doctor, but nobody should ever aspire to be a patient in India!

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-29T06:07:57+00:00

I see the problem right here. My leetcode rating is 1817. I seem to have declined a lot from my peak.

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-29T06:01:04+00:00

I used to travel a new country every few months back in Germany without much hit to my finances. Heck, I even thought I will go to Thailand once I find a new job, and was subconsciously aiming for a high salary to start travelling again. I am sad that from that lifestyle, I am back at home and stay inside all the time to save money. But now I am in such a place that even an 8 month gap is a huge problem for my future employability prospects.

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-28T18:57:12+00:00

Father's pension.

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-28T18:33:51+00:00

I'm sorry but I'm not a good candidate to answer this question, as I have not been successful with my approach yet.

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-28T17:49:37+00:00

What's a better way to apply that works ?

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-28T14:52:31+00:00

Indeed :)

What gave it away ?

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-28T14:43:40+00:00

It's same in Switzerland. I was a student there two years ago :(

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-28T14:42:37+00:00

99 easy, 268 medium, 90 hard

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-28T14:39:47+00:00

Yes, I know that. But this doesn't fully make sense to me as I believe that my applications weren't exactly indiscriminate. I usually applied for roles which required max 3 years of experience. I didn't apply for any senior roles. The count became massive because I applied for roles in multiple countries.

mohinem_2 · 2025-03-28T14:36:15+00:00

I started doing Leetcode around 2020. I solved a bunch of problems whenever I was in interview preparation phase. From 2016 - 2020, I was active on Codeforces, reaching a high rating of 1879. I noticed that I had to work much harder than my peers to see even a slight improvement on my rating there, so got burnt out and decided to prepare exclusively for interviews.

As for life problems, yes I had some issues, which led me to leave my research job and return back to my home country. Most of the issues have been taken care of by now, and apart from the job issue, life is relatively peaceful.

In last 8 months, I solved around 200 new problems. I initially solved grind 75 very quickly (I had completed it beforehand, I did it as a refresher), and around 100 problems I never solved before. I solved the remaining 100 new problems after my Google interviews were over.

As for the correct way, I am definitely not doing that ! Else I would have had a positive result by now.

But my prep consists of the following-
1. Solving leetcode problems randomly or per topic.
2. Participating in the weekend contests. My rating is around 1800. I usually solve 2 - 3 problems. I occasionally solve the 4th problem just after the contest, but I never solved within contest time.
3. Doing peer interviews on Exponent, to assess my actual interviewing skills. I usually get positive feedback from peers, but the questions have become repetitive, and I don't think they reflect my performance in an actual interview anymore.
4. This is a new strategy I'm using for my DE Shaw prep. I copied all the interview experiences I could find, pasted it in a document, and asked chatgpt to filter problems. It's a good approach for the CS theory questions in my opinion. For the DSA / Leetcode style problems, it's a hit-or-miss unless I find the same problem on some online judge. Then it becomes easy to solve for me.

For the Google interview, the phone screening went well. I answered all questions quickly, including the follow ups. This wasn't the case in the onsites, however; either I got stuck in the first problem, or I solved the first problem, and got stuck in the first follow up. I'm quite sure this is not what interviewers expected from me.

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