Blanked my first OA in 2021 — 0/4, no brute force on any. 1700 day streak later, Guardian 2200+.

July 2021. Intuit came to campus for internship placements. I sat the OA. 4 questions, 90 minutes, solved zero. Could not write a brute force on any of them. I had nothing to submit. My family has no

July 2021. Intuit came to campus for internship placements. I sat the OA. 4 questions, 90 minutes, solved zero. Could not write a brute force on any of them. I had nothing to submit. My family has no business and no fallback. A software job was the only path I had, and that OA showed me I was not ready. I opened LeetCode the next morning. 8 hours a day for 10 months, some days 50+ submissions. I was obsessed, I was in panic. Month 4 I started giving contests because grinding alone felt dishonest. I needed to know if I was improving or just memorising the same patterns. Biweekly Contest 78. Global Rank 22, 40,000+ participants. Guardian, 2200+ rating, 2100+ problems. Got placed, got a job. Today is day 1700. I do it for the love of the game. Drop any questions below.