Day 15 - Reprioritizing and Grading Marathons
Day 15 - Reprioritizing and Grading Marathons
Woke up early, though a little later than planned.
Snoozed for like 20 minutes. But still, not bad.
Trimmed my beard, showered immediately, made some coffee, and got started on Leetcode.
Honestly, I had forgotten how important this is while prepping for interviews. I had ignored it for the past few weeks while working on projects.
Realized that while projects help you get interviews, they don’t help you crack them.
So I had to reprioritize again now.
Daily problem-solving has to become non-negotiable.
At least one problem a day. Consistency is the goal. That’s all
Right before I started Leetcode, I checked the India vs England Test match score.
Gill was on 199*, so obviously had to watch his 200 live. Took about 10 minutes. Amazing Player!
Solved: 73. Set Matrix Zeroes
- Simple array problem
- Used 2 hash sets, not the most optimal, but solved it blind
- The question wanted a constant space solution
- After solving, checked a better one, it used first row and column as markers
- Pretty creative approach, made a lot of sense
- Implemented the optimal solution after that
After that, headed to university.
Today was the midterm for the course I’m TAing.
- 2 hours of invigilation
- Followed by 5 straight hours of grading
- Super tiring
The prof brought pizzas, so that helped, I guess, lol
Came home and was sleepy af.
Probably just going to crash and wake up early tomorrow to restart.
Not a lot, but a decent day overall.
Mostly TA work, but got back on track with Leetcode, that’s what matters, I guess.