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Ask HN: Non-CS Software Engineers, how did you land your SE role at FAANG?

1 pointsby jueteng_lordover 2 years ago
I am a self-taught Software Enginner who majored in Bio and have 10 years of experience programming and developing apps. I consider myself more of a builder than an actual computer scientist. I want to apply to the big 5 but feel inadequate to do so. How do I prepare myself? What resources/material do you recommend?

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LewisVerstappenover 2 years ago
Literally just leetcode. Frankly, it’s amazing how little software engineers invest in this.<p>You can find people on Fiverr who will tutor you on competitive programming for $20 an hour.<p>Hire them for 3-4 hours a week and do it for 6 months. That would be a ~$1000 expense and most people see at least a 30-40k bump in yearly salary when they go from nonfaang to fb&#x2F;google.