What LeetCode Optimizes For vs What Actual Production Systems Demand

LeetCode vs actual systems: what are we really optimizing for—and what are we compromising on? Are we shaping how we think as engineers, or just adapting to artificial pressure and artificial problems? More importantly, are we shaping how this generation learns programming—where building projects starts to feel like memorizing patterns instead of solving real problems?. If that’s true, why does every project start to feel like a test? Why does looking things up feel like cheating? Are we afraid