[swordsmith]

> EE, Civil, Mechanical, Aeronautical etc. and in not a single one of them do they do this monkey dance.

EEs definitely go through basic, advanced, and domain-specific circuit design questions in their interviews. And compared to LEETCODE they are much more difficult to prepare for too.

There is a reason why SWE is a fallback option for many other engineering disciplines -- resources like leetcode and low barrier of entry to learning make it much more accessible.