People jump through those hoops because the difference in pay is massive. You can practice leetcode for 2 months and land a job at Meta for a 7-figure salary or give up and work somewhere else where the total compensation is low six-figures.
B) if they can, how’s that working out for you?
C) you’re saying if I make myself suffer for several months I can have the privilege to work at one of the single worst companies on the face of this earth? _sign me the fuck up_
None of us are out here feeding starving children. Why not trade your labor for as much as possible? If I were 25 instead of 51, I damn sure would think the trade off was worth it.
Yes I did spend almost 4 years in BigTech and would rather get a daily anal probe with a cactus than do it again. But don’t underestimate the life changing difference in comp that a software developer can make in BigTech.