rocket_woman

> On a higher level - how much of an "already seen the algorithm" crapshot are tech interviews?

I'd say it is mostly that. Just do thirty to fifty leetcode medium problems (some of them on pen and paper), and you're good to go.

> Does that mean developing into a senior engineer or a techinal lead.. or management?

Yes. :)

At this point I don't know if I'll do well in a management role or not, I still need some time to decide.

> You will find all sorts of politics at play. From the cooperative to competitive. It could be at the layer above you or with your peers.

Can you give some examples? What sort of things do I need to be cognizant of?

I don't think there is an ethical consideration here. You get to display whatever you want on your blog.

My kingdom for an email client that works well with gmail, works offline, is fast, supports editing in an external editor and lets me quickly skim email.

On the writing side of things, I really enjoyed this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6xoMjFr70 "How to Write Papers So People Can Read Them"

If the stuff online on Quora etc. are to be believed, the hiring committee will disregard such trivia interviews (and possibly send a node to the interviewer asking him/her to correct their technique).

Not sure how well this works in practice though.