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Ameripithicus's avatar

FAANG companies require vax so no dice home slice

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Great series. Quite similar to how I broke into FAANG 10 years ago. What I would do differently

* More breadth on algos, was light on dynamic programming. Fox put together a great list, far less tedious than the canonical textbooks.

* More time practicing coding. LeetCode did not exist

* Obtain higher comp by timing competing offers and jumping companies every 2-3 years

Overall happy but was declined by Tier 0 firms. Big difference IMO is typical peers who went Tier 0 think far bigger and more aggressively when it comes to hard work and career.

FAANG culture was foreign and it took me a while to see merits of "work-life balance". Although more aggressive East Coast vibe would have been more compatible with BTB philosophy of making it first before enjoying life. Still working on making it.

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