Why are you interested in maintaining a streak in the first place ? Answer this and may be we can know what the problem is

That was not I was asking. But anyways congratulations on overcoming your habit.

Leetcode streaks won’t make you clear interviews, your skills do

Software Engineer

Im past one year not doing daily questions POD in leetcode own my own I just do copy paste the code from different user and just paste and submit.  why I'm doing ?  just for fake streak maintaining...

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Im past one year not doing daily questions POD in leetcode own my own I just do copy paste the code from different user and just paste and submit.

why I'm doing ?  just for fake streak maintaining. 

how i can stop myself to do this ? yes it's look like funny but not really for anyone when if someone do personally.

any solution or advice for me what should i do ?.

How to stop myself

How to stop myself- Grapevine

I am work in tcs for the past 10 months, so frustrated with mundanity of the work, that I want to switch but I am not able to focus and be consistent enough to finish DSA and etc.
Right now I am in Noida and living in a pg, literally on days I have no connection to others because of lack of odc.

Feeling Frustrated.

Software Developer

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I have always wanted to prepare DS/Algo like a pro, but have barely survived with my basic skills of that.
How can I do it the right professional way, in a way that makes SDE interviews for Google level easy. 
I have a problem of not being disciplined to grind Leetcode. 
Should I join these coaching classes like Coding Ninja, Scaler and guilt my self into discipline because of money?
Any books?
I know concepts, I just want structure in my prep.

How to make DS/Algo Prep fun?

Software Test - QA

Hello awesome Devs!!

How do you keep up the motivation to grind leetcode after a regular job? For example, I am a software developer with 1 YOE and I find it boring to continue with those algorithm problems after a certain threshold. 

But anyway, I feel the hiring process is still the same for most and there would at least 2 DSA rounds for most of the product based companies.

How do you keep up the motivation for this?

Motivation for leetcode

What keeps you motivated to grind leetcode or random design question every day/week?

Tried multiple times and given up 😔

YOE - 10

Motivation for interview prep?

I always try to practice as much as I can. I believe and understand that the concepts I am touching/ brushing up is what needs to be done instead of the number of problems I solved.

But at the same time I always feel under prepared. I don't feel confident that I have covered much and is enough for the interviews.

What should be the strategy to deal with it?

Strategy for practicing DSA problems?

Hello guys, I did alot of DSA in my college time (Tier 3 college), I got the highest marks in my DSA sem exams in my class and my professor was impressed with me, I gave leetcode contests, learned DSA from YT and so on. 

I got placed in a decent company with a 7.5 LPA package (while my best friend, who hardly knew DSA got a SDET role in a startup with 40 LPA), now after 2 years my pacakge is 10 LPA, I want to switch to a better company with good pay, I restarted practising DSA again but everytime I get stuck in some question and not able to solve it, it feels like I am wasting my time.

While in my job, I learned Angular, TypeScript and frontend dev (which interests me more than DSA, but I am too lazy to make my own side projects)

what should I do? should I stick on to DSA even though sometimes I just feel like I am wasting my time solving some random question which doesn’t justify anything about me? or beat my laziness and make some side projects with the frontend skills that I have?

any advice would help me. Thanks in advance.

I feel lost

been leetcoding on and off for 2 months now, and even today ive to see solution for most of the questions. idk where im doin wrong (final year undergrad) . welp

How do i get better at this shi?

As the title says. 

I have tried many methods of dealing with procrastination to code, there is always a constant fear of not being consistent, plus programming doesn't come easy to me or rather I don't have the grit to do it. I have seen other college mates grinding their ass off to DSA, how do I go past the stage of fear of feeling dumb and procrastination? Anytime I try to sit to do anything I immediately get this wave of overwhelming anxiety, I then start scrolling on my phone to get rid of the feeling. I can't even sit properly on a chair for long - yeah call me COVID kid or something but this has been the case for years. I only manage to do work/study at the very last moment but programming isn't like that, it takes consistent efforts. Are there any methods to achieve it?

P.S. hard scolding or stern answers are also welcomed, really want to improve myself.

How do you deal with procrastination?

I am a backend engineer with a 9 year exp. In my fourth company now. Started with 5 lpa, now at 31 Lpa. 
Mostly have worked in normal companies only. I am from one of the NITs. 
I am not good at DSA. Everytime I have to switch a job, my resume gets shortlisted  and I get call via naukri. 
The things is in these last 4 job searches I have been rejected 100 times. I have been rejected by almost all the companies, 
Service now 5-6 times, oracle 5-6 times, Walmart 2 times, goldman 3 times, jpmorgan 2 times, Amazon 4-5 times, arcesium 3-4 times, msft 2 times. 
Apart from these, I have been rejected by adp, celigo, phenom, barclays, flipkart etc. 

Every time, I want to change a job, I'll get rejected by all the big companies and then will get selected at some normal company with a hike and will join them. 
I am at my fourth company now, and again I am searching for a job. Have already been rejected by GS, service now, phenom, epam, ice, demandbase in last 2 months. 
Every time it is the same DSA. 

I try studying, will do decent amount of leetcode prior to interviews. Last two months I am doing leetcode from strivers sheet. 
But same question I'll do here, and in interview will fail. Example I have done sorted array rotation, shares sell and buy, rain water trapping, and was asked the same question in interview and couldn't solve. 

I also want to earn more and get into some big company and stay there for some times, what shall I do? 

My concerns are, I am getting lesser calls this time compared to the last few years, I can't be switching job every two years. 
Want to join a big company and earn more.

How to get better at DSA?

This is worse addiction than smoking, drinking. 

Haven't watched any short/reels for 5 days straight feeling like a void inside. 

But its better, Watching reels/shorts would give a feeling of satisfaction because of the dopamine release.
So seeking other experiences for that dopamine hit. Life is getting better.

Reels, Shorts Addiction

Exactly the reason I deactivated Instagram. It's been a year now. Don't even feel the need to ever go back.

Customer Success

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Recently I completed 100daysofCode, I have completed the SDE sheet, made 2 mini projects (React), and also, Arsh Goyal #6companies30days challenge.

Here are some steps you need to follow

- Set a Goal: You can run for like 5 days but for 100 days you need a goal, for me, it was internship preparation.

- Make a Plan: If you play like doing a lot on the first days then you will feel demotivated and not continue the same on the next days. So try to go at the same pace.

- Follow a Path: For me, it was solving the Striver SDE sheet, for the next 100daysofCode, it will be making projects and accessing the interviews.

- Find a Peer: When I start coding, I thought a peer will only waste my time, but if the person has the same mindset as you, your growth will be exponential. 

- Learn in public: This is another way you can grab many opportunities, when I started, many people reached out to me and that reach help me connect to people who are doing amazing in their field.

- Follow people who are doing 100daysofCode: one more reason, which motivated me to code every day. 

- Maintain a Thread of your Journey: it looks childish, but when I used to swipe down from day 1 to the last days, feels like wow, I have done a lot, only some left.

- Personal tips: I used to tweet about the previous day in the morning, and it makes me feel I have a great job the last day and can do more today.

What to do in exams?
Just trying to solve a little problem, I also had exams, and for that days, I coded less but code.

Best of luck with your 100daysofCode.  Do tag me if you starting after reading this, or if these steps help. Follow @heyy for more

How to Ace #100DaysOfCode

I am graduating from  non-CS/IT branch at a prestigious college this month. In July, I will be joining as an SDE 1 at Appian. Since this is my first full-time job, I want to prepare myself. Experienced professionals, please advise on what to do and what to avoid for better personal and professional growth.

Here are some facts about myself:

Personally, I am somewhat introverted but can talk if necessary and am good at conversing with friends. I often find that others put more effort into initiating conversations, which is why I have only a few friends and no female friends. Most of the time, I am comfortable with this, but sometimes I feel a bit lost.
I rarely play sports or engage in physical activities (I’m not good at any sports). Any suggestions for improvement in this area would be appreciated.

Professionally, I was a mediocre student in college and spent a lot of time on LeetCode (I’ve solved around 700 questions). Should I continue with LeetCode or competitive programming after joining? Or should I focus on projects and learning new tech stacks or AI/ML (I’ve studied a few courses and worked on ML projects)? 
Alternatively, should I just focus on company work and not pursue anything on my own?


Lastly, I have a keen interest in finance and the stock market. I’ve been learning and investing for the past four years. Should I devote more time to learning technical analysis and swing trading, or should I keep it minimal? 

How should I prioritize my personal, professional, and financial goals?

What to Do and Not to Do?

I'm a 4th year student from a pvt college. Did 3 internships, one in a decacorn, one in a unicorn. Have an offer from Amazon for SDE 1 when i graduate, and one from the company I'm working at right now. Reached so far only with development skills, projects, hackathon wins and OSS contributions.

My leetcoding and competitive coding skills are downright garbage. I have absolutely no motivation to become a leetcode monkey and get more offers, but given the current market scenario, seems hard to get good offers without mugging up  800 leetcode questions.

Folks in software engineering who made it with leetcode, how did you do it, and what did you do to kill that builder urge and mug up leetcode. I can't do this anymore.

No motivation to do Leetcode

Ok... Hear out my use case before you answer. The TnC and EULA say that the content of leetcode is theirs and we may not publish it.

That being said, the same freaking questions pop up all over Codechef, CodeForces, InterviewBit, Algoexpert and Neetcode. The last of which is declared to be a leetcode clone since its inception.

I don't want to create a leetcode clone and I don't want to solve their 3k+ problems. 500+ is mind boggling as is.

That being said, I pay 10k to leetcode every time there is a panic about job security. It has happened twice since COVID 19 days. I thought that if I could scrape the ones I did and a few I plan to learn (maybe a blog where I can post solutions so that I can revisit later), there could be no harm. I fricking paid for it after all.

Web scrapers are notorious because they leave a fingerprint. So, I thought it's best to take my time to copy a couple of questions everyday. Day 11 and I'm tired of doing this manually. So... Any suggestions as to how I can scrape the data ethically?

Furthermore, what falls under fair use and what constitutes as copyrighted data if I created a blog from these?

How to stop myself

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