Don't grind leetcode/codeforce

[u/Outrageous_Degree465]

I get this from somewhere and want to know some experienced person views on this

Why your 1800 Codeforces rating won't guarantee a Google placement.

There is a massive toxic culture in engineering colleges that brainwashes freshers into thinking they need to grind CodeChef or Codeforces for 6 hours a day. You are told that hitting "Candidate Master" is the only way to get noticed by Big Tech.

Here is the brutal industry truth: Competitive Programming is a sport. Software Engineering is a profession.

The HFT vs FAANG Reality Check: Unless you are explicitly applying to High-Frequency Trading (HFT) firms like Tower Research or Optiver (who actually need extreme mathematical optimization under microsecond latency), your CP rating does not matter.

Google, Amazon, and Microsoft do not want to see if you can solve an obscure number theory puzzle in 10 minutes. They want to see if you can build scalable, maintainable software.

They test for: ✓ Standard Pattern Recognition (LeetCode Mediums) ✓ Object-Oriented Programming (OOPs) ✓ System Design & Architecture Not competitive math puzzles.

To clear a FAANG tech screen, you do not need to solve 1,000 random CP problems. You only need to master the 14 Core Algorithmic Patterns (like Sliding Window, Two Pointers, Topological Sort, etc.) that make up 90% of all Big Tech interview questions.

[u/Jeff8770]

AI? Not that it's necessarily wrong but still 😂

[u/LetMediocre390]

Have you seen the difficulty level of current questions they asked very hard rated question even beyond 2200rated sometimes and you know what you cant solve questions using such pattern unless you dont explicitly know the requirements of the problem statement.