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System Design Framework for Interviews and beyond with Pratik Pandey

Hey Everyone, 

In this episode I had a fun conversation with Pratik Pandey who is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Booking.com and has vast experience in the Software Industry specialising in designing systems for large scale workloads.    

We have covered System Design in Depth and destroyed the myths around System Design in general.  

Agenda: 

00:00 Introduction 

04:30 System Design Framework 

19:33 Requirements Gathering 

28:00 Capacity Planning and Estimations 

31:50 Driving System design with Capacity planning 

42:21 Choosing the right tech stack 

58:45 Real world System Design vs System Design Interviews 

01:13:00 Must have components in a System Design Interviews 

01:17:32 How do I prepare for System Design? 

01:22:45 How do I gain experience in System Design? 

01:26:00 Resources to prepare for System Design  

I hope you like our discussion and learn more about System Design interviews and how it differs with the real world system design. Do hit the like button and subscribe to the channel if you like such content.  


Cheers, The GeekNarrator

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