[XorNot]

In the job market right now, this seems like terrible advice: no one except Google are hiring for "algorithms" - they want a React developer, or a C#/.net developer who can pump out web APIs in it or something.

Companies mostly hire for frameworks below the FAANG level.

[eddyschai]

Once you get general topics it's fairly trivial to pick up new frameworks/libraries to pump those APIs out. I'm not saying algorithms for the sake of leetcode!

Saying this, I was interviewing for several roles across the US and EU last April and had algorithm-based questions in almost all of them. So it's pretty useful for that reason too, even if I don't really agree with it.

[scarface74]

It’s trivial to learn the frameworks needed to be a competent mobile developer? Don’t get me started with the clusterfuck that is the front end ecosystem.

[_gabe_]

> they want a React developer, or a C#/.net developer who can pump out web APIs in it or something.

All web APIs follow the same basic pattern. The OP said:

>> try identify the 'timeless' things. Software design over languages, algorithms over libraries

If you understand the fundamentals of software engineering, picking up a new framework or library isn't a big deal. It's the same old tropes with some different syntax and domain language. Especially in the world of web development where you're pumping out APIs.

[georgeburdell]

No, Leetcode has metastasized throughout startup land too. I know because I failed a lot of those interview types in the past year (but I keep trying since the pay is so good)

[ge96]

Every time "who wants to get hired" comes out it's always JavaScript/React/Node/Python/C++ at the top (percentage)