u/cancallmedaddytoo wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I mean your frontend program feeds us the most articles stuff like flexbox, and grid. basic react. Reading react docs. Thought it would make me a better SWE but not really. Same thing with your swe simulation stuff. I guess I just have to accept the fact that I'm destined to neve
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Thanks or adding more detail, yeah the job hunt is extremely demotivating for many people right now. I would encourage you to lean on your FM team, and let them know what's working and what isn't. You mention a number of things we don't have any kind of coaching on, but we do try to help if you surface specific things. For example, if you have a crypto interview coming up we can try to find a crypto mentor do a mock with etc...
We constantly update the website so if you see anything there currently you feel is not clearly articulating what you are experiencing please flag it! It could be poor wording, or it could be that you aren't getting certain things assigned that we do support.
Our mentors are mostly senior, staff, principal engineers yeah, a small number are at FAANG or ex-FAANG in India, like currently I think it's 3 or 4 (?) out of over 150. But in general we want mentors from all over to represent diverse approaches and views. Some mentors get polarizing feedback, e.g. "this was the best session I ever had" and "I never want to work with this mentor again" and part of the process is finding mentors you like and prefer. So if you are repeatedly getting mentors you don't want to work with, let your FM team know so they can help prevent that. I read every single piece of text-based mentor feedback in almost real time so I assure you if you give feedback about mentors (which can be private) that we read it!
Anyone can do LC for free! Following the engineering method, benefiting from the mentorship, the community, and the accountability are what you are paying for so if you aren't getting that please talk to your FM team or message me on MM!