🔥 Solved 1000 LeetCode Questions — Here's What I Learned (and Didn't)

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✅ 1000 LeetCode Questions — Done!

Just hit a huge milestone:

Hello I'm Yash Fadadu, I’ve completed 1000 questions on LeetCode ✌️

And no — I’m not at Google. Not yet at Microsoft either.

But that’s not what this post is about.

✨ Was it worth it?

Short answer: Yes. But not for the reasons you might think.

❓ Did I become a DSA expert? – Not yet

💼 Got an offer from FAANG? – No

🧠 Learned something deeper? – 100%

💡 What I Actually Learned

Solving LeetCode isn’t about flexing IQ.

It’s about consistency, discipline, and learning to think like a developer.

You can study all the patterns and still get stuck. That’s normal.
You won’t love every part of it — but that’s the point.
It teaches you to show up even when it’s tough.
It’s about building mental endurance as much as technical skill.

I often felt like ditching LeetCode to focus on building real-world things — AI tools, beautiful UIs, full-stack apps.

But this journey reminded me:

🔁 “You grow most when you don’t feel like it.”

📝 Tips If You're Just Starting

Here’s what helped me — and might help you:

📚 Master the basics: Arrays, Strings, Linked Lists, Trees
🎯 Learn core patterns: Two Pointers, Sliding Window, Binary Search, Recursion
🤏 Start with easy problems — they build confidence
⏱️ Stuck for more than an hour? Read the solution
🧠 Study a topic before attempting questions on it
🔁 Make it a daily habit, not a sprint
🔍 Get good at time & space complexity — it’ll make your intuition stronger

✅ Real Benefits I’ve Seen

🧩 Understanding DSA helped me in blockchain, AI/ML, game dev, and full-stack work.
💡 I write cleaner, more optimized code.
🔐 Most of all, it changed my mindset: I now look at problems with more clarity and confidence.

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🚀 What’s Next?

1000 done.

Now chasing 2000 🧠⚡

Because the goal is never just a number — it’s to become better than yesterday.

If you're on the same journey, let’s connect.

Drop your milestones, tips, or struggles in the comments! 🙌

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