“There’s a myth that time is money. In fact, time is more precious than money. It’s a nonrenewable resource. Once you’ve spent it, and if you’ve spent it badly, it’s gone forever.”
~ Neil A. Fiore
1/ In 2014, I (@AndreiNeagoie) was in your shoes 👟.
I wanted a career change.
I wanted to get into tech.
So I taught myself to code using only free resources and got hired in 5 months.
You can too.
This is how I'd do it if I had to start from scratch in 2024.
Let's go 👇🧵
After completion, pattern recognition is super-helpful. Resources to help with that
include 14 patterns hackernoon.com/14-patterns-to…,
75 blind leetcode.com/discuss/genera…,
and Neetcode neetcode.io. Then employ the power of repetition as the mother of skill - grind Leetcode.
My thoughts on mastering data structures and algorithms as a self taught dev.
If you've learned to code on your own or through a bootcamp, you may be tempted to grind
Leetcode very hard next because that's what's recommended so often. Before you do that, consider:
*thread*
It took me a year to earn a LeetCode T-shirt, but I gifted it to my best friend who is going for MS in the US. Seeing the smile on her face made it all worth it. Moments like these remind me of the beauty of selfless gestures and the incredible bond of friendship.
🌟🥺💖
Why I am qualified to guide you on CP and DSA?
Some of my notable achievements!
✅ Expert on Codeforces (Max: 1618)
✅ Guardian on Leetcode (Max: 2239, 404 days streak)
✅ 5✨ on CodeChef (Max: 2098)
✅ Ranked 1 on GFG from NIT ngp(4133 Score)
✅ Solved over 4000+ DSA problems
CSS Tip.
You can use ^= with an href attribute selector to style links based on the start of path linked.
Here I'm targeting the timestamp links in show notes with a[href^='#t']
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