Unpopular opinion: Everybody hates LC, but it’s actually better than take home assignments

Leetcode problems are a pain to study, that’s true, and the skills needed to solve them don’t really translate into what is going to be demanded afterwards if you get the job. But the grind simplifies

Leetcode problems are a pain to study, that’s true, and the skills needed to solve them don’t really translate into what is going to be demanded afterwards if you get the job. But the grind simplifies the technical requirements needed to opt for SWE positions in other companies. At the beginning I hated it and preferred take home assignments, but after doing a few of them, spending hours, or even days, to make them as complete and well documented as possible, just to be ghosted or receive the typical feedback that says I did really well but I wasn’t selected for the next stage, I prefer to dedicate these hours to study and then take less than 90 minutes doing a leetcode online assessment. That said, I’m going to grind LC and avoid take home assignments as much as I can.