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A Primer Hi all, I’ve been working hard on behavioral interviews for senior and senior-plus interviews across companies, and there’s a couple of personal paint points that I’ve observed ( note : n==1 here, this won’t apply to everyone ) ( and as of this writing, dated Wednesday, November 12th, 2025 ). Let me begin!…
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A Primer There’s a lot of solid material out there to teach folks how to interview folks for data structures and algorithms – CTCI, Leetcode, Neetcode. But there’s a dearth of material for how to evaluate candidates in higher-level interviews, such as system design. I wanted to share what I think feedback would resemble. I’ve…
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A Primer Ok, it’s not as uncommon as you would think – for both interviewees and interviewers. Sometimes, the interviewee exceeds expectations and solutions the problem faster than expected. Now there’s a couple minutes remaining on the clock : 5 minutes to 10 minutes. So what do we do? Sure, as an interviewer, I can…
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There’s value in writing up what good examples look like at lower levels too 🙂 Situation Alright, what’s the situation. I’m starting work on a brand new team at Geico, and I need to quickly ramp up on our codebase’s backend. I’m well-familiarized with standard backend development, using languages such as C++ or GoLang to…
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Writing a design document is just as satisfactory – sometimes, even more – than writing code : a wizened engineer The Tasks No matter an engineer’s level, there’s always somewhere we can receive constructive feedback to hone and to refine skills : architecture, coding, soft skills, or writing. In my situation, I’m a senior engineer,…
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A solid, seasoned engineer always takes passion in their past work and in their past deliverables. – Said By Yours Truly 🙂 What Makes Someone Proud of their Projects? Or associated synonyms – proud, satisfied, fulfillment, happiness, contentment. Good question. I’d imagine couple of factors : The Situation Alright, where do I even start the…
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Inspired by an Uber trip inbound to sunny San Francisco. An Introduction Hello everybody! Inspired by an Uber trip and the many conversations with my friends who ask me what I do for work, I thought about briefly going over my job and a couple of major line items : Alright, let’s begin! Tell me…
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A Primer Let me share a second example – sometimes, it helps to see other task breakdowns, to get a more holistic perspective. This breakdown entails a single day – 8 hours – worth of effort. Your Task Periodically execute two endpoints to scan records and to send records. Ok, seems easy, right. Well, not…
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Should we be scared about AGI : Artificial General Intelligence? A Primer Hi all, I want to delve a bit in AI, and whether I think it’s going to take over our jobs or not. So I see a lot of opinion pieces, scare tactics, or LinkedIn articles which state that AI will take over…
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