[scarface74]

While I have never done an algorithm style interview in 25 years of being a developer across 8 jobs, I have softened my stance to it.

One of the biggest problems CS grads face is that they can’t break out of the cycle of not having experience and can’t get a job and can’t get a job so they can’t get experience. After the first job it gets easier.

You can practice for algorithm type interviews and get a job. It also doesn’t matter where you went to school. It’s the great equalizer if you can teach yourself.

If I were trying to get my first job today instead of in the mid 90s, I would have been spending time “grinding LeetCode”.

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> One of the biggest problems CS grads face is that they can’t break out of the cycle of not having experience and can’t get a job and can’t get a job so they can’t get experience

Serious CS programs often have employment rates really close to 100%.

I agree it's the great equalizer.

[scarface74]

Is that a typical “All True Scotsman” argument? There are plenty of CS majors struggling to get their first job.