James Peralta
Welcome! I’m a Software Engineer based in Silicon Valley and on this channel I share my journey in the world of software engineering to help you level up your skills and career. 📩 For business inquiries: castleridge.labs@gmail.com
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The Top LeetCode Users Are Just Cheating...
#leetcode #cheating #weeklycontests
How I Review LeetCode Problems to Actually Get Better
00:00:00 Problem Revision Philosophy 00:03:05 Using ChatGPT for Debrief 00:05:19 Brute Force Mindset and Its Limitations 00:06:08 Walking Through Solution Attempts 00:07:35 Brute Force and Why It Times Out 00:08:55 Pair Precomputation and Hashmap Approach 00:10:00 Greedy Attempt and Sorting Strategy 00:11:13 Discovering Optimal Solution—State-Based Thinking 00:15:05 Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways #LeetCode #ProblemSolving #AlgorithmTips
Is LeetCode Still Worth It in 2026?
I Analyzed Tech Salaries, Layoffs, and Job Openings
00:00:00 Intro & Leaked Levels FYI 2025 Report 00:02:30 Analyzing Compensation Data Across Companies 00:03:58 AI Impact & 2025 Pay Trends 00:05:35 Senior Engineer Salaries at Top Tech Companies 00:06:30 Overall Compensation & Year-Over-Year Growth 00:07:44 Roles With Biggest Compensation Changes 00:08:11 Entry-Level and Hedge Fund Compensation Leaders 00:09:12 Midlevel Pay & Standout Companies 00:09:44 Top Paying Locations and Geographic Breakdown 00:11:20 Market Challenges & Job Search Competition 00:12:00 Tech Job Postings Trends for 2025 00:13:28 Software, IT, and Analytics Job Postings Declines 00:15:30 Supply vs Demand Shift for Tech Jobs 00:16:18 Demand Side: Who’s Hiring Engineers 00:17:00 Layoffs FYI: Layoff Trends Post-Pandemic 00:18:28 Supply Side: Number of New Engineering Graduates 00:20:26 Using National Science Foundation Data 00:21:12 Recap & Key Takeaways on Tech Job Market 00:22:59 Outro & Invitation for Community Data #TechJobs #SoftwareEngineering #CompensationTrends
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Senior Software Engineer Takes on a Google Coding Interview!
Shoutout to https://leetcode.com/ for providing the platform! Discord: https://discord.gg/wS2KdpnVp9 Business Inquiries: castleridge.labs@gmail.com 00:00 Leetcode.com Platform Introduction 01:05 Easy Question 09:07 Medium Question 31:00 Results!!
Senior Software Engineer Takes on an Apple Coding Interview!
Shoutout to https://leetcode.com/ for providing the platform! 00:00 Leetcode.com Platform 1:03 231. Power of Two (https://leetcode.com/problems/power-of-two/description/) 10:40 448. Find All Numbers Disappeared in an Array (https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-numbers-disappeared-in-an-array/description/) 24:02 Results!! 25:03 Power of Two Follow up/Optimization
Senior Software Engineer Takes on a Meta Onsite Interview!
00:00 Introduction 01:47 Q1 - Easy Difficulty 09:58 Q2 - Medium Difficulty 48:42 Q3 - Hard Difficulty
Top 6 Patterns For Coding Interviews
Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1_cEA1Q0Z8_Mdmwv6v5gwKMmIfpWIDvN&feature=shared 00:00 - Top 6 Patterns For Coding Interviews 2:43 - Two Pointers 4:31 - Sliding Window 5:54 - Depth-First Search 8:26 - Breadth-First Search 9:42 - Backtracking 12:04 - Binary Search
University of Waterloo Student ACES Coding Interview! (Strong Hire)
00:00 - Introductions 04:00 - Question 1 | 408. Valid Word Abbreviation 22:35 - Question 2 | 827. Making A Large Island 46:22 - Feedback!!
How I Broke Into Silicon Valley (Kleiner Perkins Fellowship)
00:00 How I Broke Into Silicon Valley 14:29 Kleiner Perkins Fellowship Program Discord: https://discord.gg/wS2KdpnVp9 Business Inquiries: castleridge.labs@gmail.com