> A way to suppress wages and job mobility for SWE. Who wants to switch jobs when it means studying for a month or two?
If what Google search tells me is true the average SWE tenure is only a couple of years or so.
I might need a month or two of study (or more!) to be able to handle the harder Leetcode problems, but if I was expecting to have to do this every couple of years or so I'd consider taking some steps to maintain that knowledge between jobs.
That would probably be considerably less overall effort than forgetting it and having to cram for months every couple of years.
If what Google search tells me is true the average SWE tenure is only a couple of years or so.
I might need a month or two of study (or more!) to be able to handle the harder Leetcode problems, but if I was expecting to have to do this every couple of years or so I'd consider taking some steps to maintain that knowledge between jobs.
That would probably be considerably less overall effort than forgetting it and having to cram for months every couple of years.