# I Spent 100 Hours on LeetCode—Here’s What I Learned
LeetCode. The battlefield for aspiring software engineers, the gym for coding muscles, and the ultimate brain-teaser platform that has devoured many a weekend. After grinding through 100+ hours on LeetCode, solving over 200 questions across Easy, Medium, and (some scary) Hard levels, here’s what I really learned—not just about coding, but about mindset, learning, and systems thinking. 1. Patterns > Memorization
LeetCode. The battlefield for aspiring software engineers, the gym for coding muscles, and the ultimate brain-teaser platform that has devoured many a weekend.
After grinding through 100+ hours on LeetCode, solving over 200 questions across Easy, Medium, and (some scary) Hard levels, here’s what I really learned—not just about coding, but about mindset, learning, and systems thinking.
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