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## What is it?
This is my multi-month study plan for going from web developer (self-taught, no CS degree) to software engineer for a large company.
![Coding at the whiteboard - from HBO's Silicon Valley](https://d3j2pkmjtin6ou.cloudfront.net/coding-at-the-whiteboard-silicon-valley.png)
This is meant for **new software engineers** or those switching from
software/web development to software engineering (where computer science knowledge is required). If you have
many years of experience and are claiming many years of software engineering experience, expect a harder interview.
This is my multi-month study plan for becoming a software engineer for a large company.
If you have many years of software/web development experience, note that large software companies like Google, Amazon,
Facebook and Microsoft view software engineering as different from software/web development, and they require computer science knowledge.
**Required:**
* A little experience with coding (variables, loops, methods/functions, etc)
* Patience
* Time
If you want to be a reliability engineer or operations engineer, study more from the optional list (networking, security).
Note this is a study plan for **software engineering**, not web development. Large software companies like Google, Amazon,
Facebook and Microsoft view software engineering as different from web development. For example, Amazon has
Frontend Engineers (FEE) and Software Development Engineers (SDE). These are 2 separate roles and the interviews for
them will not be the same, as each has its own competencies. These companies require computer science knowledge for
software development/engineering roles.
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- [How to use it](#how-to-use-it)
- [Don't feel you aren't smart enough](#dont-feel-you-arent-smart-enough)
- [About Video Resources](#about-video-resources)
- [Interview Process & General Interview Prep](#interview-process--general-interview-prep)
- [Pick One Language for the Interview](#pick-one-language-for-the-interview)
- [Book List](#book-list)
- [Before you Get Started](#before-you-get-started)
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- [Final Review](#final-review)
- [Coding Question Practice](#coding-question-practice)
- [Coding exercises/challenges](#coding-exerciseschallenges)
- [Interview Process & General Interview Prep](#interview-process--general-interview-prep)
- [Once you're closer to the interview](#once-youre-closer-to-the-interview)
- [Best way to Find perfect Career Opportunities for you](#best-way-to-find-perfect-career-opportunities-for-you)
- [Your Resume](#your-resume)
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## Why use it?
When I started this project, I didn't know a stack from a heap, didn't know Big-O anything, anything about trees, or how to
traverse a graph. If I had to code a sorting algorithm, I can tell ya it wouldn't have been very good.
Every data structure I've ever used was built into the language, and I didn't know how they worked
under the hood at all. I've never had to manage memory unless a process I was running would give an "out of
memory" error, and then I'd have to find a workaround. I've used a few multidimensional arrays in my life and
thousands of associative arrays, but I've never created data structures from scratch.
If you want to work as a software engineer for a large company, these are the things you have to know.
If you missed out on getting a degree in computer science, like I did, this will catch you up and save four years of your life.
When I started this project, I didn't know a stack from a heap, didn't know Big-O anything, or anything about trees, or how to
traverse a graph. If I had to code a sorting algorithm, I can tell ya it would have been terrible.
Every data structure I had ever used was built into the language, and I didn't know how they worked
under the hood at all. I never had to manage memory unless a process I was running would give an "out of
memory" error, and then I'd have to find a workaround. I used a few multidimensional arrays in my life and
thousands of associative arrays, but I never created data structures from scratch.
It's a long plan. It may take you months. If you are familiar with a lot of this already it will take you a lot less time.
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Fork a branch and follow the commands below
Fork the GitHub repo https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university by clicking on the Fork button
Fork the GitHub repo https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university by clicking on the Fork button.
Clone to your local repo
Clone to your local repo:
`git clone git@github.com:<your_github_username>/coding-interview-university.git`
git clone git@github.com:<your_github_username>/coding-interview-university.git
git checkout -b progress
git remote add jwasham https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university
git fetch --all
`git checkout -b progress`
Mark all boxes with X after you completed your changes:
`git remote add jwasham https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university`
`git fetch --all`
Mark all boxes with X after you completed your changes
`git add .`
`git commit -m "Marked x"`
`git rebase jwasham/main`
`git push --set-upstream origin progress`
`git push --force`
git add .
git commit -m "Marked x"
git rebase jwasham/main
git push --set-upstream origin progress
git push --force
[More about GitHub-flavored markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/#GitHub-flavored-markdown)
## Don't feel you aren't smart enough
- Successful software engineers are smart, but many have an insecurity that they aren't smart enough.
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I'd appreciate your help to add free and always-available public sources, such as YouTube videos to accompany the online course videos.
I like using university lectures.
## Interview Process & General Interview Prep
- [ ] [How to Pass the Engineering Interview in 2021](https://davidbyttow.medium.com/how-to-pass-the-engineering-interview-in-2021-45f1b389a1)
- [ ] [Whiteboarding](https://medium.com/@dpup/whiteboarding-4df873dbba2e#.hf6jn45g1)
- [ ] [Demystifying Tech Recruiting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N233T0epWTs)
- [ ] How to Get a Job at the Big 4:
- [ ] [How to Get a Job at the Big 4 - Amazon, Facebook, Google & Microsoft (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJZCUhxNCv8)
- [ ] [How to Get a Job at the Big 4.1 (Follow-up video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6790FVXWBw8&feature=youtu.be)
- [ ] Cracking The Coding Interview Set 1:
- [ ] [Gayle L McDowell - Cracking The Coding Interview (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEJzOhC5ZtQ)
- [ ] [Cracking the Coding Interview with Author Gayle Laakmann McDowell (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aClxtDcdpsQ)
- [ ] Cracking the Facebook Coding Interview:
- [ ] [The Approach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCl9kvQGHPI)
- [ ] [Problem Walkthrough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UWDyJq8jZg)
- [ ] Prep Course:
- [ ] [Software Engineer Interview Unleashed (paid course)](https://www.udemy.com/software-engineer-interview-unleashed):
- Learn how to make yourself ready for software engineer interviews from a former Google interviewer.
- [ ] [Python for Data Structures, Algorithms, and Interviews (paid course)](https://www.udemy.com/python-for-data-structures-algorithms-and-interviews/):
- A Python centric interview prep course which covers data structures, algorithms, mock interviews and much more.
- [ ] [Intro to Data Structures and Algorithms using Python (Udacity free course)](https://www.udacity.com/course/data-structures-and-algorithms-in-python--ud513):
- A free Python centric data structures and algorithms course.
- [ ] [Data Structures and Algorithms Nanodegree! (Udacity paid Nanodegree)](https://www.udacity.com/course/data-structures-and-algorithms-nanodegree--nd256):
- Get hands-on practice with over 100 data structures and algorithm exercises and guidance from a dedicated mentor to help prepare you for interviews and on-the-job scenarios.
- [ ] [Grokking the Behavioral Interview (Educative free course)](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-behavioral-interview):
- Many times, it’s not your technical competency that holds you back from landing your dream job, it’s how you perform on the behavioral interview.
## Pick One Language for the Interview
You can use a language you are comfortable in to do the coding part of the interview, but for large companies, these are solid choices:
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Challenge repos:
- [Interactive Coding Interview Challenges in Python](https://github.com/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges)
## Interview Process & General Interview Prep
- [ ] [How to Pass the Engineering Interview in 2021](https://davidbyttow.medium.com/how-to-pass-the-engineering-interview-in-2021-45f1b389a1)
- [ ] [Demystifying Tech Recruiting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N233T0epWTs)
- [ ] How to Get a Job at the Big 4:
- [ ] [How to Get a Job at the Big 4 - Amazon, Facebook, Google & Microsoft (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJZCUhxNCv8)
- [ ] [How to Get a Job at the Big 4.1 (Follow-up video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6790FVXWBw8&feature=youtu.be)
- [ ] Cracking The Coding Interview Set 1:
- [ ] [Gayle L McDowell - Cracking The Coding Interview (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEJzOhC5ZtQ)
- [ ] [Cracking the Coding Interview with Author Gayle Laakmann McDowell (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aClxtDcdpsQ)
- [ ] Cracking the Facebook Coding Interview:
- [ ] [The Approach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCl9kvQGHPI)
- [ ] [Problem Walkthrough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UWDyJq8jZg)
- Prep Courses:
- [Software Engineer Interview Unleashed (paid course)](https://www.udemy.com/software-engineer-interview-unleashed):
- Learn how to make yourself ready for software engineer interviews from a former Google interviewer.
- [Python for Data Structures, Algorithms, and Interviews (paid course)](https://www.udemy.com/python-for-data-structures-algorithms-and-interviews/):
- A Python centric interview prep course which covers data structures, algorithms, mock interviews and much more.
- [Intro to Data Structures and Algorithms using Python (Udacity free course)](https://www.udacity.com/course/data-structures-and-algorithms-in-python--ud513):
- A free Python centric data structures and algorithms course.
- [Data Structures and Algorithms Nanodegree! (Udacity paid Nanodegree)](https://www.udacity.com/course/data-structures-and-algorithms-nanodegree--nd256):
- Get hands-on practice with over 100 data structures and algorithm exercises and guidance from a dedicated mentor to help prepare you for interviews and on-the-job scenarios.
- [Grokking the Behavioral Interview (Educative free course)](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-behavioral-interview):
- Many times, it’s not your technical competency that holds you back from landing your dream job, it’s how you perform on the behavioral interview.
Mock Interviews:
- [Gainlo.co: Mock interviewers from big companies](http://www.gainlo.co/) - I used this and it helped me relax for the phone screen and on-site interview
- [Pramp: Mock interviews from/with peers](https://www.pramp.com/) - peer-to-peer model of practice interviews
- [Refdash: Mock interviews and expedited interviews](https://refdash.com/) - also help candidates fast track by skipping multiple interviews with tech companies
- [interviewing.io: Practice mock interview with senior engineers](https://interviewing.io) - anonymous algorithmic/systems design interviews with senior engineers from FAANG anonymously.
## Once you're closer to the interview
- Cracking The Coding Interview Set 2 (videos):
- [Cracking The Code Interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NIb9l3imAo)
- [Cracking the Coding Interview - Fullstack Speaker Series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5-tdAwclo)
## Best way to find perfect career opportunities for you
- If you are trying to find new job opportunities, or if you are trying to find internships, if want to know about the salary of a job role in any companies or want to just know about the company reputation before applying to that company, here are the list of platforms which can help you find the above answers and more.
- [Best Websites for Careers & Jobs](https://ayedot.com/151/MiniBlog/Top-10-Best-Websites-for-Careers--Jobs)
## Finding Jobs and Internships
- [Sites for Finding Jobs](https://ayedot.com/151/MiniBlog/Top-10-Best-Websites-for-Careers--Jobs)
## Your Resume
- See Resume prep items in Cracking The Coding Interview and back of Programming Interviews Exposed
- Very Important thing to remember while creating your resume, if you applying for big companies is that make it ATS Compliant.
- [How to Create or Check if your Resume is ATS Compliant](https://ayedot.com/97/MiniBlog/Meaning-of-ATS-compliant-resume-and-How-to-create-ATS-Resume-for-Free)
- I don't know how important this is (you can do your own research) but here is an article on making your resume ATS Compliant:
- [How to Create or Check if your Resume is ATS Compliant](https://ayedot.com/97/MiniBlog/Meaning-of-ATS-compliant-resume-and-How-to-create-ATS-Resume-for-Free)
## Be thinking of for when the interview comes
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- What did you learn at [job x / project y]?
- What would you have done better at [job x / project y]?
- If you find hard to come up with good answers of this type interview questions, you can refer below link for some answer templates and have some idea.
- [General Interview Questions and their Answers](https://ayedot.com/119/MiniBlog/General-Interview-Questions-and-their-Answers-for-Tech-Jobs)
- If you find it hard to come up with good answers of these types of interview questions, here are some ideas:
- [General Interview Questions and their Answers](https://ayedot.com/119/MiniBlog/General-Interview-Questions-and-their-Answers-for-Tech-Jobs)
## Have questions for the interviewer
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- What are you working on?
- What do you like about it?
- What is the work life like?
- How is work/life balance?
- How is the work/life balance?
## Once You've Got The Job
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Everything below this point is optional.
By studying these, you'll get greater exposure to more CS concepts, and will be better prepared for
Everything below this point is optional. It is NOT needed for an entry-level interview.
However, by studying these, you'll get greater exposure to more CS concepts, and will be better prepared for
any software engineering job. You'll be a much more well-rounded software engineer.
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- [Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriente​d Software](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612)
- AKA the "Gang Of Four" book, or GOF
- The canonical design patterns book
- [UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 5th Edition](https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Linux-System-Administration-Handbook/dp/0134277554/)
- [Algorithm Design Manual](http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/dp/1849967202) (Skiena)
- As a review and problem recognition
- The algorithm catalog portion is well beyond the scope of difficulty you'll get in an interview
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- Chapters 7, 8, 9 can be painful to try to follow, as some items are not explained well or require more brain than I have
- Don't get me wrong: I like Skiena, his teaching style, and mannerisms, but I may not be Stony Brook material
- Algorithm catalog:
- This is the real reason you buy this book
- About to get to this part. Will update here once I've made my way through it
- This is the real reason you buy this book.
- This book is better as an algorithm reference, and not something you read cover to cover.
- Can rent it on Kindle
- Answers:
- [Solutions](http://www.algorithm.cs.sunysb.edu/algowiki/index.php/The_Algorithms_Design_Manual_(Second_Edition))
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- [Introduction to Algorithms](https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-3rd-MIT-Press/dp/0262033844)
- **Important:** Reading this book will only have limited value. This book is a great review of algorithms and data structures, but won't teach you how to write good code. You have to be able to code a decent solution efficiently
- AKA CLR, sometimes CLRS, because Stein was late to the game
- [Computer Architecture, Sixth Edition: A Quantitative Approach](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0128119055)
- For a richer, more up-to-date (2017), but longer treatment
- [Programming Pearls](http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pearls-2nd-Jon-Bentley/dp/0201657880)
- The first couple of chapters present clever solutions to programming problems (some very old using data tape) but
that is just an intro. This a guidebook on program design and architecture
## Additional Learning
I added them to help you become a well-rounded software engineer, and to be aware of certain