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There are some good tips and links here, but I don't understand the "hacking" metaphor. There are no big secrets. It all comes down to the "always be coding" idea that was presented a few months ago [1]. It just takes discipline and time-management. Succeed at that and many offers will come your way.

[1] https://medium.com/tech-talk/d5f8051afce2




The article's thesis is basically the exact opposite of this.

It states in no uncertain terms that "always be coding" is wrong. That you should instead spend your time practicing techniques you never use when creating actual software, and that you should also maximize your interview count for salary leverage.

"A lot of what I'm suggesting to do is pretty extreme. A lot of the skills here are not something you learn by doing a standard software engineering job (or get coming out of college). It's especially hard for more senior engineers to do technical interviews since most have limited time due to familial obligations and haven't taken CS 101 for quite some time."


Exactly, the article offers no new insights and the title is mis-represented. It has just listed what we assume we need to do in order to practice for the technical interview. Nice refresher though and I like that every thing is listed out for you.


Great article :)

Maybe not secrets, but lessons learned from the current state of the industry. Each one of the points I make is either from a mistake made in an interview I've personally given or received.




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