The Leader of the LeetCode Rebellion: An Interview with Roy Lee

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Post by distalx » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 8:34 PM UTC

The Leader of the LeetCode Rebellion: An Interview with Roy Lee
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Post by hahaxdxd123 » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 8:52 PM UTC

IDK if this guy is the leader - these interview cheating tools have been around for at least a year at this point and some have been VC funded.

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Post by LZ_Khan » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 8:56 PM UTC

I feel like covid started the remote work revolution and AI cheating is about to end it.

Or at least bring back on-site interviews.

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Post by bena » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 8:56 PM UTC

I really feel like this guy is paying for placement and articles about himself.

Just today, I've seen a twitter thread and this post. Searching for him also shows a Gizmodo article from today.

And it really seems to be a case of trying to stir controversy for engagement.

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Post by Jtsummers » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 8:59 PM UTC

bena wrote: post #4

I really feel like this guy is paying for placement and articles about himself. Just today, I've seen a twitter thread and this post. Searching for him also shows a Gizmodo article from today. And it really seems to be a case of trying to stir controversy for engagement.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43497652 - And his own LinkedIn write up about it.

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Post by cjaybo » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 8:59 PM UTC

This guy must have some strong connections to get this sort of coverage out of an AI wrapper + a few gimmicky twitter posts

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Post by zombiwoof » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 9:00 PM UTC

My hero

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Post by Jtsummers » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 9:03 PM UTC

cjaybo wrote: post #6

This guy must have some strong connections to get this sort of coverage out of an AI wrapper + a few gimmicky twitter posts

Does it take strong connections to end up in a student newspaper?

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Post by ajcp » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 9:05 PM UTC

I really want to be on this guys side, and when I read (or hear) interviews with him he comes off as thoughtful, introspective, and clear-eyed, while the reactions to him seem obviously out-sized, misguided, and frankly childish. I'm always left thinking: hell yeah dude, burn it down.

...but then I see the actual stuff he posts on X, his YouTube video, his overall "informal content", and it's blatantly antagonistic, performative, and basically edge-lord bs. I just can't help but think: this guy just needs to get bodied.

So while I agree with his "crusade", I also can't help but not trust a thing he says, and have to assume every justification he gives is made up after the fact. Am I off target here?

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Post by VirusNewbie » Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 9:05 PM UTC

I don't understand why he (or anyone) thinks it's OK to say, cheat in an algorithmic interview, but that if you were somehow able to have an LLM secretly feed you optimal answers for any other part of the interview it's "wrong".

Why is it not OK to cheat on a system design interview? Why is it not OK to completely make up a story to make you look amazing when they ask about your background?

In the article he thinks companies should review past work and ask interviewees about that instead, but what would he say if there was an app for cheating that way?