Technical Interviews are Trash | I Quit my DevOps Job

Over the past 3 months, I've been studying non-stop for software engineering interviews in order to quit my DevOps job. As much as I enjoyed DevOps and Infrastructure, I realized that I wasn't coding as much as I wanted to. I also wanted to try something new. But I completely forgot how stressful and ridiculous the job interview process can be for software engineers. The process can be so random. And knowing how to code a sudoku solver in a word document, from memory, does not make you a good programmer and yet, way too many companies are expecting this from their candidates.

The whole process can be demoralizing but after 3 months of a necessary evil (Leetcode), I was finally able to get an offer for a Backend Software Engineering job that I'm excited about. However, the fact of the matter is, companies need to rethink candidate interviews. If you're currently in the process, I promise it gets better! Lean on me as a resource. And speaking of resources, here are some resources I found super helpful these last 3 months:

• https://leetcode.com
• https://cses.fi/book/book.pdf
• http://highscalability.com/ https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Why I Wanted to Leave / First Attempt 07:47 - My Second Attempt at Leaving 09:04 - Things to Remember During the Process 10:16 - What I Was Looking For in My Next Job 12:42 - Overview of Technical Interview Results 14:50 - Reflection and Advice

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