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> human brain can hold ten years of programming information to be absolutely absurd.

Wow, so this seems to completely discount the very idea of expertise? Do you believe it simply doesn't exist. Strong dunning-kruger vibes coming from you right now. Naivity I only wish I could bathe in LOL

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They've apparently (other comment) hit 10 years in their career, guess they have no value to add and from here on out it's just a decline as they forget everything they ever knew. Might as well put them out to pasture...

No look at when top mathematicians arise, in their early 20s. Intellectually demanding professions (like stock trading), dont need 10 years to rise to the top. You either have it or you dont

Strange to presume all domains are equivalent. Stock-picking and math-savant-esque talent are very distinct from almost every domain where one would value tenured expertise: surgery, aeronautics, civil engineers. Goodness me: consider your blind spots.

The hightest paying companies all use leetcode. They do this because they believe performance on the job is related to IQ. Trading firms hire programmers at 400k right out of school, hiring MIT grads. Its all the same.

Ah, I forgot that Google hired L7s after one leet code interview. Maybe if you study up you’ll finally get there too

Have you interviewed at a FAANG-like company before for a L5+ position? You may be surprised by the process.