Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a LeetCode/DSA mentor who has mastered problem solving and has prior tutoring experience.

A little about me:
I have professional software development experience and I’m preparing for a job switch.

I’ve solved around 200 LeetCode problems in the past, so I’d consider myself at an intermediate level.

I’m not starting from scratch, but I need structured guidance to become interview-ready.

What I’m looking for:
Someone who can teach the underlying patterns instead of just explaining individual problems.

A structured roadmap on what problems to solve and in what order.

Regular sessions, feedback on my solutions, and help identifying weak areas.

Someone who has successfully mentored others for coding interviews before.

I’m looking for a focused plan that can get me interview-ready in a few months, not a year-long journey.

This will be paid, and we can discuss the pricing based on your experience and availability.

If you’re interested, please comment below

I have 5 YOE working primarily with Java, Spring Boot, React, Kafka, AWS, Docker, Microservices, and AWS.

Current CTC: ₹12.9 LPA

I recently received an offer from Fractal(grade 8 engineer) for ₹15 LPA CTC (₹13.64L fixed + ₹1.36L committed pay).

To be honest, I was expecting something in the ₹20–25 LPA range, if not more, based on my experience, tech stack, and the interviews I've been clearing.

A few questions for the community:

• Is this what companies are offering for 5 YOE these days?
• Is Fractal generally conservative with compensation?
• What kind of offers are people with similar experience actually getting?

Also, if anyone knows companies actively hiring backend/full-stack engineers in the ₹20L+ range? I need to switch asap. Lol.

Thanks!

Basically i am able to write recursive sol to DP and tabulation is smth which takes me quite some time, any way to get faster at it???

can anyone please share some good notes for placements for these core subjects, would be of great help!

Anyone else's codechef contesr not opening?

Can anyone tell me how much Honeywell is paying for SDE-1 to ~1 year of experience in Banglore. I tried searching the same on Google but the data seems to be vague. On leetcode one post of 2020 is there in which they paid 13.5 lakh fixed to NIT grad on campus, but google says right now salary is 8-10 lakhs only in 2026

Anyone able to enter the contest? My one's crashing

3rd year is about to start haven't done dsa or dev yet ine thing I realised that dsa is not my cup of tea so thinking to grind dev more or should I prepare for gate /mba

Hi All,

To all those having a 90 day notice period. How do you negotiate?

As of today almost all companies are looking for immediate joiners. How do you usually negotiate with the recruiter in the first call? And if we lie about np saying immediate release, bench or serving notice period, How do you give proof of LWD if they ask? Please give suggestions. Resigning with an offer in hand is quite a gamble in 2026

What would you do if you were in my position?

I have done a 6 month intern + got fte offer as a sdet. But I need to switch to sde. How can I switch???

Understood the concepts but can’t actually get
Myself to do it logically like
Atleast now I have started seeing the patterns like number of islands or max area of islands but can’t code without keeping edge cases in mind .

Any tips on how to train my brain for DP as well like I know practice and practice only can help but any other tips ?

Hi All, would really appreciate if someone can share their interview experience of Lufthansa for senior java developer role.

For context i have completed diploma as a cs student the only project I have is smart wheelchair we can control it using button, voice commands and gesture (gyroscope of phone) using an app, that my only project and I have won a state level competition on that, rn my concern is as I am entering 2nd year btech /be what should I focus rn i have 38 question of lc out of which 27 are of dp and 5-6 are of binary search and rest are normal questions without and pattern I followed aditya verma playlist and did dp pattern (0/1, unbounded, grid, 3d dp, linear dp) right now I am focusing more on dsa but my peers say that project is more important than dsa, I am really confused as I have zero network and totally dependent on , on campus placement help me

For those who started learning DSA using the Striver Sheet, what was your approach?

Did you watch Striver's lecture first and then solve the problem, or did you try solving the problem on your own and only watch the lecture if you got stuck?

I'm currently on the Binary Search topic. So far, my approach has been to watch the lecture first and then solve the problems. However, I don't feel like I'm making meaningful progress. Since I already know the solution after watching the lecture, I'm not really developing my problem-solving skills. Whenever I encounter a new or slightly different problem, I get stuck.

Another concern is the time it takes. Following this approach, it feels like it will take a very long time to complete the entire sheet.

I also haven't started participating in contests because I haven't covered some important topics yet, such as Strings, Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues, Sliding Window, etc. At my current pace, it'll probably take another two months before I finish these basics.

For those who follow the approach of attempting problems first, how did you learn the topic and the optimal solutions when you hadn't studied them before?

Striver usually explains three approaches (brute force, better, and optimal). I can often think of the brute-force approach and sometimes the better approach, and occasionally I even understand the idea behind the optimal solution. But I usually can't code the optimal approach on my own. If you only attempt one or two approaches before watching the solution, how do you learn the remaining approaches and build that way of thinking?

I know this might sound like a basic or even silly question, but I'm genuinely confused. I don't want to waste time following an inefficient approach or fall behind. My goal is to learn DSA effectively and start participating in contests with enough preparation to solve at least 2–3 problems consistently.

I'd really appreciate any advice from people who've been through this journey. Thanks!