Senior Software Engineers and LeetCode | Ilya Pimenov | Beyond Coding Podcast #158

Connect with Ilya Pimenov:
www.linkedin.com/in/ilya-pimenov

OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:27 - Starting your career as full stack developer?
00:02:57 - Learning every day
00:04:45 - Product managers talk to A LOT of people
00:07:31 - Ilya's career path
00:11:31 - Staff engineer challenges
00:13:34 - Patrick's next career steps
00:15:45 - Entrepreneurship and individual contributor skills
00:19:24 - Listening to internet traffic
00:25:05 - Comfort with ambiguity
00:27:45 - Fully understanding LLMs
00:29:58 - The biggest impact is in backend development
00:31:33 - Great Frontend engineers
00:33:05 - Why people use LeetCode in interviews
00:38:21 - LeetCode exercises transfer to software development
00:39:23 - Hiring for potential
00:40:56 - Investing in LeetCode opens doors
00:42:33 - System design interview
00:44:26 - Getting better at LeetCode
00:47:39 - Why people hate LeetCode
00:48:27 - Legendary LeetCode solver couldn't deliver as engineer
00:50:02 - What makes a great senior engineer
00:54:00 - Dealing with ambiguity is a life skill
00:56:41 - Buying and renovating
00:59:55 - Modular home
01:03:20 - Startup failures and learnings
01:07:18 - Hustling and executing



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