Pick up Designing Data Intensive Applications book instead 
 System Design Interviews by Alex Xu is also good 
  
 Keep learning!

Software Engineer

Definitely not worth it ! Should have gone with systems expert (algo expert) instead

Software Developer

Is it good to invest money in System Design course from Gaurav Sen? So much free good quality content already available on internet.

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Is it good to invest money in System Design course from Gaurav Sen?
So much free good quality content already available on internet.

InterviewReady System Design course

InterviewReady System Design course- Grapevine

I have 9 years of experience in software development.Is the paid course by Gaurav Sen about system design on interview ready really useful? Thinking of buying it for interview preparation.

System design

What is best system design course available? 
Could you please list top 3 in order with best as 1. 
Also mention what type of candidates are best suited for each course.

I’m currently going through interview ready- Gaurav Sen. And find it hard to follow since I have almost never done system design. Hence I find it ok-ok , are there any better ones out there? I know grokking is one more. Please provide suggestions with course name and best suited for what professionals(eg , beginner with no exposure to system design , 5 yoe with some exposure to system design , advanced with high exposure system design)

Best system design course-2024

To all those folks who cracked system design round in various companies. Please specify the sources which you used to learn system design, free and paid both.

System design sources

Has anyone cracked a sustainable yet effective system design learning growth plan here besides working in a full time 5 day wfo job?

Not looking for a job search purpose, but to truly learn the system design in depth. 

I have tried: 

1. Reading company system design blogs: Besides a blog or two, all blogs feel very random since they talk about very specific use case in a tech that I haven’t worked with. 
2. Reading DDIA book: Book seems good but goes in really deep to everything, so can’t read for long in a sitting. 

What have you tried?

System Design Reads

Engineering Manager

It’s 750 pounds. Wondering if it’s worth it

Has anyone taken the UI Architecture Academy course?

Frontend Engineer

Hi there,

if anyone here has been a student if Keerti Purswani's HLD or LLD courses, could you please give an honest feedback of the course, whether it's good to crack system design interviews of good product based companies.

PS: About me, a college grad who has a job offer froma decent PBC and is looking to future proof his career by learning system design

And please, no bias towards content creators 🙏

Review on Keerti Purswani's courses

Is the system design course by Arpit bhayani from asli engineering worth it ? Does it actually help in the real world?

Consultant

I am preparing for interviews and never had any system design round before. Not sure how should I start preparing. I know there are lots of videos out there, but don't want to follow some random posts. Seen posts from bytebytego but they are most random posts . Rather looking for a way to learn systematically from scratch even though I might many of them. Looking for free resources

How should I prepare for system design interview,?

Please suggest some good resources where system design is well explained from basics.

I have a total experience of 4 years and I want to start learning system design for interviews.

Application Engineer

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I am 4 months into my first job as a product manager. I have never coded in my life except for a basic coding course in college. While I am always eager to understand technical concepts and tend to ask a lot of questions around the same I still feel there's a huge gap in communication. 

This leads to poorly estimated timelines, and often difficulty in assessing feasibility of ideas.

I wish to learn more about software architecture, data management systems and the development processes in general. 

While I know I lack technical expertise, I don't want to discount the possibility of this just being a communication issue within the team. This is a series B startup just entering the growth phase, so no proper processes are set up as of now - again something I will have to streamline.

My question is to all the product managers especially who don't come from a technical background - how did you bridge this gap?

Resources for Non-Tech PMs

Product Manager

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Few people asked me for my recommendations on Tech resources -

I'll divide across following sections -

1. CS Fundamentals - Its a recommended flow that you should know beyond knowing how to code. 
Follow this - https://teachyourselfcs.com/

2. DSA -
a) https://neetcode.io - Its blind 150 is awesome. Its paid courses are also decent
b) CLRS book (How can we leave that?)

3. System Design resources -
a) System Design interview Vol 1 and 2 - Alex Xu OR you can take annual subscription of their website - https://bytebytego.com
b) The OG book - DDIA - this is a must read and has very high ROI

4. Backend Engineering - 
- Learning Backend development like a curriculum - https://boot.dev
- Coding challenges 
a) For beginners to experienced - https://codingchallenges.fyi/challenges/intro
b) For experienced folks - (codecrafters.io) https://app.codecrafters.io/r/adorable-eagle-556273 (Referral)

5. Software Engineering -
What Software Engineering truly is? - Software Engineering at Google Book(Oreilly)

6. DevOps / AWS -
a) AWS course - https://learn.cantrill.io/ - To learn more in depth than just passing certifications
b) Other DevOps resources - kodekloud.com (all devops tools, especially kubernetes ones are good)
c) What SRE truly is? - Site Reliability Engineering book (Oreilly)

7. Promotions / Impact / Growing in the role -
a) JoinTaro - Website where you get answers to your questions about promotions, impact etc. https://www.jointaro.com/r/sarvajs408/ - Check the founders posts on linkedin on what to look for
b) Software Engineering Handbook by Gergely

7. Misc / Good to read -
a) Head first series by Oreilly publication (Design Patterns, OOAD)
b) Chaos Engineering (Oreilly)

If you guys think we can add more things, where you know the resources are absolute best to be recommended for the return on investment(time, money) they give, please do drop in your recommendations in the comments

Software Engineering Resources Recommendations

Is it to sufficient to read books like Design data intensive applications and books from Alex Xu sufficient for system design interviews?
 
If not, then what other resources would help?

Thanks in advance!

System design interview preparation

I am preparing for interviews and for DSA resource following Strivers YouTube channel and for development referring Harkirat .

Can you please suggest me some resource or playlist for System design ?

Best resource for system design  ?

I have a comprehensive end-to-end course on Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) and System Design from HeyCoach Institute, which I purchased for 1.4 lakhs. If you are targeting FAANG or MAANG companies and need help with preparation, feel free to reach out to me. Thank you!

DSA&system design

Arpit bhayani's youtube videos and Linkedin/Twitter posts are really informative, but I was wondering if his paid system design course is really worth the price ?

For those who don't know:
Beginner course (Pre recorded)- 19,999
Masterclass (Live)- 39,999

If it's good I'll ask my employer to reimburse the course, or do you have any better course recommendations ? Please don't suggest Gaurav sen's interview ready.

Honest review of Arpit bhayani system design course?

Hit me on @realoldmonk on telegram for more details. No clickbait.

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