Doing DSA feels useless!
I am a software dev with 2 yoe & wanna switch. I have good exp with development and I wanna improve on that only. Started with DSA, but feeling why do we need this in real life? It feels forced. I understand for freshers it’s needed but why for experienced people?
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Yes, Maybe 1 or 2 years back. But do you still feel the same in Ai era?
DSA matters less for your 2YOE switch—focus instead on:
System design (scaling, APIs, DBs),
Deepening your stack (e.g., React/Node internals),
Building/showcasing projects (e.g., a SaaS tool).
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In my opinion, dsa checks out whether the candidate has some basic thinking and reasoning ability or not which in general is a useful skill while problem solving
I mean is it even worth it?
You should read this - Practical use of DSA https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7327596671670898689 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328281819882147840 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7327943119902035970 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7329044587778396160 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328747259972460545
In my opinion DSA is becoming less of a metric in judging candidates and more companies are opting for system design and project related questions in the AI era. I feel this is because AI might do the gruntwork of coding but not the design and understanding of the domain.