I feel deeply inadequate because I don’t know how to scale a web system properly, despite doing web programming for eight years. I’m not even entirely sure what “systems design” actually is or isn’t.
I also recently fell badly on my face when given a basic algorithms problem. This was equal parts anxiety, being out of practice interviewing, and being out of practice with algo questions.
If it makes you feel any better, up until a few weeks ago I was in the exact same boat for systems design. For algorithms it was similar. And I wasn’t able to pass a Google interview after studying almost full time for four months.
I feel deeply inadequate because I don’t know how to scale a web system properly, despite doing web programming for eight years. I’m not even entirely sure what “systems design” actually is or isn’t.
I also recently fell badly on my face when given a basic algorithms problem. This was equal parts anxiety, being out of practice interviewing, and being out of practice with algo questions.
If it helps, I know how to scale web systems and basically never do it because you can run almost anything on one server unless you’re Google.
If it makes you feel any better, up until a few weeks ago I was in the exact same boat for systems design. For algorithms it was similar. And I wasn’t able to pass a Google interview after studying almost full time for four months.