[trangon]

Leetcode is just a game that you have to play to get into these companies. I suspect that OP had other interview rounds that went poorly. There is always a chance of getting a bad interviewer, but it doesn’t often happen in every single round.

[tonyjstark]

I never understand this kind of comments. Is there a reason why OP should have bad intentions when writing the comment? The article is about Apple not providing sufficient documentation for their APIs and OP wrote about a experience that supports reasoning why Apple seemingly is not focusing on delivering documentation.

So how about giving reasonable arguments why OP probably had rounds that went poorly and is salty about it and why Apple has a wonderful software developer culture that focuses on quality instead of assumptions? Apple has problems with documentation since years, one example I had to deal with recently: their maps API. The MapKit programming guide is still in Objective-C, old design and outdated.

[saagarjha]

> The article is about Apple not providing sufficient documentation for their APIs and OP wrote about a experience that supports reasoning why Apple seemingly is not focusing on delivering documentation.

FWIW, I don't see how "I tried to add documentation in my interview and my interviewer didn't like it" translates to "everyone at Apple hates documentation".

> The MapKit programming guide is still in Objective-C, old design and outdated.

Objective-C guides are not inherently old and outdated.

[tonyjstark]

> FWIW, I don't see how "I tried to add documentation in my interview and my interviewer didn't like it" translates to "everyone at Apple hates documentation".

You're absolutely right and this could have been an argument made by trangon, instead of an assumption about bad intentions by the OP. The interview story is just an anecdote in the end.

> Objective-C guides are not inherently old and outdated.

I agree in parts, they're not outdated in terms of facts present (although I wonder if MapKit didn't have any changes since October 2016). What I meant is outdated in a sense that Apple is pushing Swift but doesn't provide a programming guide in that language for this particular topic. Still supports my point of Apple having problems with documenting their APIs. SwiftUI is another example.

[optimuspaul]

I think it's bullshit that "Leetcode" is a game you have to play. I've been in the software business for 25 years and not once had to use any of that knowledge in my work. When those games come up in interviews with me I call them out, if they hold fast I walk. I don't need to have my time wasted. My experience should speak for itself.

[shagie]

In several career focused communities where the majority of the readership is people with less than 5 (and often seeking first job)... where the focus is on Big N positions...

there is a common answer of “study leetcode”. No other advice, just the belief and assertion that all you need to get one of those jobs is to score higher than the other people.

This idea unfortunately perpetuates itself as one person advises another and a person.

The number of leetcode questions solved is used in the inevitable male appendage sizing contests.