LeetCode

“I've found it crucial to solve some LeetCode problems from time to time.”

“honestly just hones how patient you are in debugging and memorising various code patterns”

“Solving algorithm problems is different in interviews than on Leetcode”

“I actually have been enjoying it a lot more than in the past”

“What helped me was LeetCode, which I ignored for a long time because programming at work was enough.”

“I became a worse developer because I spent time on Leetcode instead of my open source projects, but it taught me marathon long grind.”

“Some of the problems are genuinely fun, like dynamic programming.”

“Leetcode does not test your ability to code in the sense of anything related to real world engineering applications.”

“the algorithms and pathological edge cases you learn really do change your thinking”

“The free version of LeetCode is more than enough to prepare for standard interviews.”

“that $30 subscription has probably paid for itself 20,000x over at this point”

“one of the highest ROI things you can buy”

“I've found aoc/leetcode pretty much reversed the accidental atrophy for me”

“There is no practical use, but it make me feel good and sharp for the rest of the day.”

“if they are also on Leetcode treadmill and about grokking interviews”

“I told him those three weeks would be the best ROI he'd ever make.”

“Doing leetcode absolutely makes your system design better and you don't deploy algorithms you don't know.”

“this type of interview is biased toward younger out of college hires and codecamp hires”

“If you want to be a well-paid developer, learn leetcode.”

“Grinding leetcode was never optimizing for solving problems algorithmically but for performing well in live coding interviews.”

“I still do it to brush up my problem-solving skills and fundamental understanding of systems and data structures”

“comes down to knowing a trick rather for leetcode than actual coding”

“It is a waste of everyone's time because they will either do it and think 'ok, that was weird'”

“I think Leetcode does weed out older folks, not necessarily because of skill, but because of the time needed for practice.”

“Practice leetcode + hello interview, as almost every place will have some sort of leetcode round and system design round.”

“Leetcode is repetitive by design, because after a while you realize the core problems are focusing on a half dozen different concepts.”

“Solving the leetcode and clearing system design interviews can help you land a paying job.”

“I did spend a few months studying it and it turned out to be pretty fun”

“Any company still using LeetCode at all during interviews is signaling that either they are run like a frat house”

“LeetCode can impossibly teach you how to create useful programs, it only teaches you syntax and specific problems.”

“I don't feel like I'm working when playing leetcode.”

“Leetcode stinks but you are really filtering out a lot of high paying jobs if you refuse to do it”

“I am indeed learning a lot more about Python through my leetcode exercises”

“You can also see the solutions for the fastest run times which can teach you some lower level ideas”

“I enjoyed the challenge and learning how to get better at understanding, solving them myself”

“The problems are actually pretty fun for the most part.”

“leetcode grinding makes me feel like all my 10+ years of commitment to my previous employer”

“If you want to work at a tech company, then solve leetcode questions.”

“You get Leetcode subscription and start going through paths for a company that can match or exceed your salary.”

“I've almost always seen the LeetCode grilling be administered by someone who doesn't know what they're doing”