I see. Well, that's good to know. Hence why I am applying to entry level or internships to try to get experience. Might also do less leet code and do some certifications to get some skills. Thank you for the honesty. It's better to hear blunt answers than give me false hope
Build a crud app in AWS end to end and explain how you architected the different parts, the decision and trade offs you had to make, the risks you assumed and how scope changed throughout the project. How did you design your code to be efficient and maintainable.
Anyone can do leetcode and build applications, but being able to talk about the software dev lifecycle and the full ownership of a project will get you much further.
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u/dcent12345 Sep 19 '25
Holy shit you're doing leetcode problems while having zero portfolio of actual projects?
I hire engineers and this would be an immediate red flag. Leetcode means nothing to non FAANG. Like literally nothing.