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by vmception 1699 days ago
> Meh. I refuse to pay for leetcode premium and effectively cheese my way in.

NMGI

If you aren't willing to do that, you wouldn't want to be around people extremely comfortable doing that, or a couple dozen other things viewed amorally.

Nobody in these companies values academia, and would not care about the distinction you mentioned there about a lead versus a PhD.

You're either in or you're not.