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Data Structures And Algorithms

Insights from an ex-Googler who has taught 1000s of Engineers about DSA interviews

Insights from an ex-Googler who has taught 1000s of Engineers about DSA interviews

I interviewed Alvin Zablan, an ex-Google engineer who has taught thousands of people about data structures and algorithms. He's seen countless engineers pass and fail interviews at top tech companies, so his insights can make a big difference in your preparation. The first thing Alvin recommended is that

The Fundamentals of Data Engineering - Preface + Chapter 1: Data Engineering Described

The Fundamentals of Data Engineering - Preface + Chapter 1: Data Engineering Described

This post summarizes the beginning of the book “Fundamentals of Data Engineering” by Joe Reis and Matt Housley. I recently delivered a talk on this info via Taro. The talk for Chapter 2 is happening on February 18. Looking forward to seeing you there! Without further ado, let’s get

Meta Software Engineer Onsite Interview Question Breakdown: K-Closest Points

Meta Software Engineer Onsite Interview Question Breakdown: K-Closest Points

This article is the 2nd in my series breaking down Meta interview questions which I actually gave as an interviewer during my time there. There's a lot of misinformation around how Big Tech judges candidates, and this series' goal is to demystify all that and help you

Meta Software Engineer Interview Question Breakdown: Finding Unique Integers

Meta Software Engineer Interview Question Breakdown: Finding Unique Integers

Back when I was at Meta, I interviewed ~100 engineers, specializing with data structures and algorithms (DSA) questions (internally known as the "Ninja Round"). Meta has a pretty rigorous and standardized process for training its interviewers, and I really came to appreciate that as I worked at the

🤖 I Built a Customizable Chat-GPT Bot. Here’s How to Build Your Own (with screenshots)

🤖 I Built a Customizable Chat-GPT Bot. Here’s How to Build Your Own (with screenshots)

I’ve been working on a side project lately. It’s a Chat-GPT bot that you can train to answer questions by uploading PDF documents with custom context. Recent conversations I’ve had with clients inspired this project. In the last few weeks, three different people asked me about building

Software Engineer Interview Guide - Data Structures and Algorithms

Software Engineer Interview Guide - Data Structures and Algorithms

You made an awesome resume, applied to a bunch of jobs, and landed a couple interviews. You diligently prepared for them, and the time has come for the real thing. So what should you do once you step foot into that interview room? Well, that's what we'

Meme of junior software engineer traps

5 Junior Software Engineer Learning Traps

Something I deeply believe in and have shared several times with Taro's community of 15,000+ software engineers is that time is the only resource that truly matters. In today’s extremely chaotic landscape, the world is filled to the brim with distractions and ineffective time sinks. Unfortunately,