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Well said.

Thanks! Much appreciated!

I would actually say for “getting” interviews, your best bet is to perfect your resume. Leetcode abilities only matter after you are in the interviewing process. Now if we ask how to perfect a resume, in my opinion one of those ways is to highlight projects that solve real problems if you don’t have experience.

Leetcode is still a better way to interview

Do you even know what leetcode is for? It's used to filter people to really select the ones who can actually code. If you can't solve a basic question, how are you expected to solve real world life problems. And who told you leetcode can solve lag issues?

@ “actually code” doesn’t include “solving lag issues”? or rather not producing them in the first place?

@@corepunch You don’t make any sense

The same could be said about leetcode. The amount of data structures and algorithms are limited. Yeah there are some hard algos out there, yeah coming up with the solution in a given time constraints is not everyone's cup of tea. But it can be learnt. My take is if you have built "real" real world projects you will come across many of the data structures and will have a higher level view on it than being constrained to DSA ~= LEETCODE grind.

I hear what you are saying, but I prefaced my video saying for people who don't have their foot in the door yet. Most "big companies" won't even bat an eye at your resume unless you have prior experience of some kind. From my interviewing experience and from those I have talked to, a genuine passion and ability to actually build projects is more valuable for getting your foot in the door then being able to reverse a linked list. That's not to say that you shouldn't know how to reverse a linked list, but as I mentioned in this video, anyone in 2024/2025 can reverse a linked list, it's not a special skill. What is a special skill is ideating and building something to solve a real problem.

Didn't really mention this in my video, but from my understanding DSA is more of a junior/younger engineer type of thing. As I progress more in my career the goal will shift to more system design, real world engineering skills, and actual career accomplishments.

@ then what's the point of learning leetcode patterns

@@remains2246 yeah you are right

@@remains2246 Even at higher levels they tend to ask LeetCode questions along with the other things I mentioned. There's also the part of me that wants to get good at something that most people find difficult.

Not sure to be honest, but I'm sure the information is readily available online. I will say that international fees in general are usually a lot more expensive than what in-state/non-international students pay.

the one i use right now (not in the video) is a grass fed whey protein from Z Natural Foods. This one is a lot cleaner and doesn't have unneeded preservatives. The one from the video is the optimum nutrition's vanilla whey protein. That one is decent, but it has some preservatives that can mess w/ your gut. I recommend the one I mentioned above.

Depends on what profession you want man

Entirely depends on how you feel either of those schools will fit your career goals. It also depends on kind of environment you want to live in during college. George Mason still has a more suburban feel since it's in the middle of Fairfax, whereas George Washington is in the heart of downtown DC. Both are very different environments.

Practice Java and C

Pick one language and get really good at it. Make this your interviewing language and the programming language your brain thinks in (for me this is Python). Once you can master one language really well, you can pickup other languages they introduce you to at GMU like Java, C, etc really easily. The logic is all the same, only difference is syntax. Once you know loops, conditions, variables, data types, and basic data structures, that's all you really need to solve coding related problems in any language.

I'm going to gmu soon for electrical eng, its similar to CS gmu costs about $20,000 to $30,000 depending if you'll live on campus

I don't have personal experience with an internship, so I don't want to misinform you, but from what I do know GMU has job fairs and it does a good job at bringing in reps from big companies in the DC/NOVA area. Linkedin also shows people who've gone to GMU working at the typical big tech companies (FAANG). Hope this response helps answer your question.

@@megzmugz i’m currently a senior in high-school looking to get in gmu so i was wondering how is the inter ship experience is like as a software engineer or that if you know anyone with current intership and how it’s going for them

to be totally honest, I don't personally know anyone w/ an internship rn, but going on reddit is a great way to talk to those who hv internships from gmu.

thanks!! hope your enjoying GMU

wow thanks that really means a lot! it's comments like this that make me want to keep making quality videos. stay tuned in the coming weeks...

lol i feel you w/ that... the thumbnail part was me living life on the edge :0

thanks bro!! stay tuned for more :)