HackerRank CEO apologizes on SF billboards for making everyone grind Leetcode
zainhas · x · 2026-10-12
HackerRank co-founder/CEO Vivek put up billboards around San Francisco reading "Sorry, we made you grind ltcode," apologizing for helping normalize algorithmic interviews that turned hiring into months of grinding questions with little connection to the job. The post jokes that future archaeologists will puzzle over our obsession with btrees and linked lists — a self-aware marketing stunt riding AI-era doubts about leetcode interviews.
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