interview-prepsystem-design
the dread before a system design round hasn't gone away even after months of deliberately practicing them
Anonymous
Every prep resource covers frameworks and tradeoffs in detail but nobody really talks about whether the stress itself ever eases up. Been doing one of these a week for months now and still feel a specific kind of pit in my stomach the moment one gets scheduled on the calendar. Wondering if that's just permanent or something people eventually stop noticing.
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