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Day 26

If I was doing two questions, or if this question was the last of the the day, I would have stopped and looked up the answer since I passed my time limit. But I stuck with it. Mediums still fucking me up at times... The question is https://leetcode.com/problems/shortest-unsorted-continuous-subarray/. I'm curious how those who don't program would logically and step-by-step answer some of these leetcode questions. I think those who enjoy puzzles would love leetcode. Anyways it took me a minute but I answered the O(n) solution, the solution with sorting is super obvious.

I was watching some interviews on youtube of how people go through system design questions, and I think one of my issues is that I'm not really organzied. I definitely ask clarifying questions, but I should next time write all the interviewer's answers down (on screen so the interview can see I'm doing stuff). I need to go through their answers and accordingly pick applications that match their criteria.

For example, if they are telling me to design a system like Netflix, and they care more about responsiveness than consistency, then I should note and explain that I went with some NoSQL storage system because of what they specifically mentioned. I also see that the dudes on youtube just sound so much more articulate. Fuck. I need to practice these questions out loud.