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A 21-year old student at Columbia University got into trouble to developing an app that helps people cheat on the software engineering technical interview. Learn what this means for the future of LeetCode and its impact on the interview process for programmers.

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Kicked out of Columbia https://x.com/im_roy_lee/status/1905063484783472859
Technical Interview Cheating youtu.be/Lf883rNZjSE?si=2reXrbNplKqcHst3
What is Vibe Coding? youtu.be/Tw18-4U7mts

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🔖 Topics Covered

- What is LeetCode?
- Why do people hate LeetCode?
- What makes the technical interview so hard?
- How do I get a job with a FAANG company?
- How do people cheat on technical interviews?