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Off topic but does anyone have suggestions on a good laptop to get for around $500 - $600? My current one is on its last legs (around 9-10 years old) and I need something that is able to run faster and do multiple things especially since I getting more into coding.
If you don't care for gaming, any laptop with i3,i5,i7 7th gen processor or better with ssd/m2 will do.
 

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So I have phone screens coming up with Google, FB, and Amazon
For the last month I have been trying to teach myself DS and Algorithms from scratch. Reading CTCI and EPI, watching MIT Youtube vids, doing some leetcode and hackerrank problems and watching various YT channels
I'm also 3 weeks into the Sedgwick Princeton couresa course on algorithms tho i'm considering quitting that cause i feel like i need to learn quicker without doing 8 hour projects and shyt right now
I feel like i'm no where near being ready, especially for the level I'd be interviewing at which I expect to be all leetcode hard level questions
Some topics I haven't even TOUCHED yet like Dynamic Programming, Breath First Search, or Depth First Search, Graphs
Thinking about just pushing all the interviews back as far as possible (maybe another month or 2)
It's discouraging as hell to struggle on a leetcode easy question then read some guy say he solved 200+ leetcode questions and still didn't get an offer or even pass the phone screen :francis:

Not sure if he's been posted in here, but this breh is one of the best teachers for DS and Algo on YT imo
He explains things like you're 5 yrs old, which is way more effective to me than watching dudes like nick white solve some LC medium question in 7 minutes while constantly saying every step is easy :russ:
 

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So I have phone screens coming up with Google, FB, and Amazon
For the last month I have been trying to teach myself DS and Algorithms from scratch. Reading CTCI and EPI, watching MIT Youtube vids, doing some leetcode and hackerrank problems and watching various YT channels
I'm also 3 weeks into the Sedgwick Princeton couresa course on algorithms tho i'm considering quitting that cause i feel like i need to learn quicker without doing 8 hour projects and shyt right now
I feel like i'm no where near being ready, especially for the level I'd be interviewing at which I expect to be all leetcode hard level questions
Some topics I haven't even TOUCHED yet like Dynamic Programming, Breath First Search, or Depth First Search, Graphs
Thinking about just pushing all the interviews back as far as possible (maybe another month or 2)
It's discouraging as hell to struggle on a leetcode easy question then read some guy say he solved 200+ leetcode questions and still didn't get an offer or even pass the phone screen :francis:

Not sure if he's been posted in here, but this breh is one of the best teachers for DS and Algo on YT imo
He explains things like you're 5 yrs old, which is way more effective to me than watching dudes like nick white solve some LC medium question in 7 minutes while constantly saying every step is easy :russ:


My best advice is to take the interviews. If you bomb all of them the recruiters will call you back in a year and you will know what to expect. Also gives you another year to prepare. It's people that spend 6+ months preparing for those interviews.

Tech Careers: New Year Gift - Curated List of Top 75 LeetCode Questions to Save Your Time <--- this is the best leetcode list i've seen.

I bought the back to back swe course breh is pretty good. I like that he goes through an entire sample set.

Lol nick white is funny. He does say everything is easy but he looks over the problem solutions before he explains it, he's not a genius. I like nick white videos though they are short and too the point for simple problems when you need to just know the gotcha trick.

Good luck breh.
 
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Lol nick white is funny. He does say everything is easy but he looks over the problem solutions before he explains it, he's not a genius. I like nick white videos though they are short and too the point for simple problems when you need to just know the gotcha trick.

I have a feeling alot of youtubers do that to make themselves look smart. shyt is infuriating and dishonest.
 

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What do you guys think of codecademy?

:yeshrug:

Looks like it teaches the basics. Get a basic account an see how you like the learning style. If you think the $19.99/month is worth it. Do it.

Look around at places like Udemy. You can get full courses of your choice for $10 each. And some are free that aren’t bad.

What is it you are trying to learn? I might be able to point you into the right direction
 

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:yeshrug:

Looks like it teaches the basics. Get a basic account an see how you like the learning style. If you think the $19.99/month is worth it. Do it.

Look around at places like Udemy. You can get full courses of your choice for $10 each. And some are free that aren’t bad.

What is it you are trying to learn? I might be able to point you into the right direction

Its 40 a month lol. 19.99 if you pay it in full for the year.

Just improve python, bash, java
 

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Any WPF programmers here? I'm trying to find a good resources on how to create UIs. In particular, best practices on when/how to use the different panels (ex: grid, stackpanel, wrappanel, etc).
 

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Any programmers in here that are good with explaining the thought process when completing a function in Python? I'm struggling big time with these examples on Udemy and I always either have to search for the answer or cave in and watch the instructor do it. I understand when the instructor breaks in down, it just the process of putting the methods together that have my head spinning after each example.
 

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Any programmers in here that are good with explaining the thought process when completing a function in Python? I'm struggling big time with these examples on Udemy and I always either have to search for the answer or cave in and watch the instructor do it. I understand when the instructor breaks in down, it just the process of putting the methods together that have my head spinning after each example.

can you share some examples here?
 
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