I have my war stories too. It was fun but frustrating. Definitely not as productive as today.
Early 2000s internet was kind of like that too. The web was huge relative to what we had to work with and there wasn't the kind of products/services available then so asking leetcode stuff had a logic to it.
Admittedly, that's not where we are now for most programmers so it makes sense that the interview process should adapt.
xw30992|2 years ago
But once upon a time these leetcode interviews made a ton of sense. Just getting your program to run at all was basically a leetcode exercise.
see for example: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/03/war-stories-how-princ...
I have my war stories too. It was fun but frustrating. Definitely not as productive as today.
Early 2000s internet was kind of like that too. The web was huge relative to what we had to work with and there wasn't the kind of products/services available then so asking leetcode stuff had a logic to it.
Admittedly, that's not where we are now for most programmers so it makes sense that the interview process should adapt.
herval|2 years ago