@rvivek: An engineer landed an L4 SWE offer at Anthropic without solving a single LeetCode problem. This is because top AI compa…
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An engineer got an L4 SWE offer at Anthropic without solving LeetCode problems, highlighting a shift in top AI companies toward real-world tasks over algorithm memorization.
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An engineer landed an L4 SWE offer at Anthropic without solving a single LeetCode problem.
This is because top AI companies no longer care about algorithm memorization.
While I expect some level of algorithmic knowledge to be relevant, the weightage will increasingly shift to real-world tasks that evaluate your judgment, nd taste vs rote memorization.
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