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I got a system design interview where I was asked to build a pricer for a financial product, then expand it to multiple pricers that might share inputs.

This was not the typical system design interview where you have to deal with APIs / load balancers / latency / etc

I have studied that a lot, but what about these type of general interviews?

I am looking for something to help with generic system design and building a base for questions especially outside of the usual system design that focuses on web apps.

I was once asked a system design question for designing a sports book betting model. I had to come up with a model that calculated odds for many games / parleys.

There was nothing about load balances, end users, APIs, or DB choices.

Every time I look online I see resources that seem to almost entirely focus on system design for full-stack web and mobile apps. Everything is about load balancers/APIs/latency/replicating data...nothing about how someone might design any other piece of software.

Any run into this and have recommendations?

Hello all, Obviously it’s hard to pick winners when the start-up is just starting, but I assume it’s more easy to see who will not make it.

I was recently asked to join an app with two others that applied to YC recently (they didn’t get accepted, but were told they were the top 10%).

I am nervous to join these two because they are both junior devs and first time founders.

Hello all,

Obviously it’s hard to pick winners when the start-up is just starting, but I assume it’s more easy to see who will not make it.

I was recently asked to join an app with two others that applied to YC recently (they didn’t get an interview, but we’re apparently top 10%).

What are some signs to look out for? I want to try a start-up, but sinking time into it especially when VC money is drying up seems rough. I wanna see if I can avoid red flags that make it an obvious waste of time.