I want to be prepared for whatever comes my way whenever I decide to interview again.
Studying algorithms reminds me of my most hated classes in college, mostly because my professor had no interest in teaching and was really only there for his research...
However, I still have no clue how to keep my interview-foo top notch while not freaking out about trying to get a job as well. I still can't believe friends of mine can line up 5-7 interviews in the course of a week and then get offers from 60% of them on their first try.
Like, why am I in this? Thinking in long term, considering the ageism factor, maybe it's about time I take some other approach to this whole career thing?
Then again, it’s decent money and in time I do plan to do something else entirely. Hopefully I’ll have an idea or get involved early enough at a startup to move into management / less technical things?
I've had quite a few so far...definitely more than 10. From my experience, coding problems can range from anything to anything. Wall street was more puzzly, but even the big4 sometimes ask very convoluted questions.
Not sure how to generalize everything but to solve random problems on Leetcode.
I believe I read this in "The Expert's Guide to Sleeping Well" by Chris Idzikowski, which is a well-researched book... but I didn't take any notes on where in particular I read it.
It was a striking result because a lot of research shows that sleeping after studying is crucial to consolidate the learning -- this added the nuance that a gap between the study and the sleep is also needed.
