Ask HN: Where to Invest My Time?

3 points by wilsonpie 3y ago ↗ HN

Hi. I've been going through the North American interviews recently and noticed that they ask algorithmic questions and leetcode.

Now I want to invest my time (let's say a year) into gaining some knowledge. I'm thinking what should I chose to stay competitive on the market: a. Doing leetcode; b. Going through some course to gain fundemantal knowledge; c. Something else?

Please share your thoughts and experience.

Ps. I'm a software/web developer without a CS degree.

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probably_wrong 3y ago ↗

You don't mention what your preferred field is, which makes it a bit harder to answer your question.

Having said that, I would personally focus on algorithms first and Leetcode/HackerRank/etc second. Those websites are amazing for putting the theory into practice and for getting used to coding a small problem from scratch, but some problems will go from hard to easy just by virtue of knowing (or not) a single algorithm (yes, Breadth-First Search, I'm talking about you).

cheerioty 3y ago ↗

> they ask algorithmic questions and leetcode.

What kind of companies have you applied to and which roles?