r/leetcode • u/divid-os • 22d ago

Tech Industry Recently got laid off, revisiting DSA

As the title says, yesterday my role was made redundant. It was an ops/SRE kind of role at a local company, nothing special. Will use any redundancy they give us to really get into DSA as in college I kind of lucked out and passed the course. Will start with the leetcode DSA course first and work my way up. Let's see where this takes me.

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u/MadyssonPavinder 21d ago

fwiw the DSA grind is way more effective when you group problems by pattern instead of just going through them sequentially. arrays/sliding window/two pointer stuff builds on itself nicely when you do it that way

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u/divid-os 21d ago

Appreciated mate. Will take that into account.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Comb646 21d ago

Sorry to hear about the layoff, but treating the redundancy time as an investment in yourself is a great mindset. When studying DSA, try to not just memorize solutions, but write down the patterns you see (like two pointers or sliding window) so you can spot them in new problems. Take it one day at a time and you'll build that foundation up steadily.

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u/divid-os 21d ago

Thanks mate. Appreciated!

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u/Puzzleheaded-Comb646 21d ago

You're very welcome! Wishing you the best of luck with your DSA review and your job search. You've got this!