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This is a rant about software engineering interviews and LeetCode. 🗯️ Preamble In 2024, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are grinding through LeetCode, aiming to break into the tech industry, drawn by the high salaries it offers. 🤔 What does LeetCode actually bring? LeetCode offers little more than these benefits: Algorithm exercises and data structure knowledge Coding under pressure (Why though? Are we in a war zone now?) Passing coding interviews However, completing LeetCode doesn’t prove you’re a good software engineer. It only shows you can code basic algorithms and solve programming puzzles. It doesn’t test essential skills like collaboration, communication, documentation, design patterns, system architecture, low-level programming, or core computer science knowledge. ...

Recently, I came across a post on LinkedIn with the eye-catching title, “I think I’ve met a 10x engineer.” But as I read through the post, I started to have doubts. The author described how one of their colleagues had managed to fix a bunch of complex bugs in a short amount of time, which left them in awe. 🤔 But is that really what defines a 10x engineer? It brought back memories of my own experience as a so-called 10x engineer during my first job! ...

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