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Reframing System Design

When it comes to System Design Interviews, I have a tendency to fall into the classic trap of thinking there is a correct architecture for every problem. This mindset leaves me freezing up at the whiteboard (or Zoom call). It...

Hatching An Idea

How I Used My Rejections To Land A Software Engineering Job

The year was 2015. After an arduous 5 years of undergraduate coursework, my time in college was close to an end. I was looking for my first full-time software engineering gig. Up until this point, I had never passed a...

Tips On How To Approach A Coding Interview Question

In this write up, I intend to gather a list of tips that have helped me approach unknown algorithm/coding interview questions. Appropriate use of data structures and algorithms is out of scope for this post. Instead, I will focus on...