My fellow comrade Chungin "Roy" Lee, is a 21-year-old entrepreneur and computer science student who has been unfairly suspended from Columbia University for innovating in artificial intelligence and challenging outdated hiring practices. Roy created Interview Coder, an AI-powered tool designed to assist job applicants in solving technical problems, highlighting the inefficiencies and irrelevance of traditional coding interviews. Instead of being celebrated for his ingenuity, Roy has been punished and ostracized by institutions that fear change.

Roy has never committed a crime. His actions did not cause harm to any individual, nor did he breach any legal statutes. He simply exposed the flaws in a system that forces candidates to memorize arbitrary problems rather than assessing real-world engineering skills. Many aspiring engineers, especially those from non-traditional backgrounds, struggle with these rigid and outdated hiring assessments, which fail to account for how modern developers actually work—with access to AI, documentation, and collaboration.

For daring to question the status quo, Roy has had job offers rescinded, faced widespread criticism, and been suspended from one of the most prestigious universities in the world. His academic career is now in jeopardy, and he has been vilified by the very industry he sought to improve.

Roy has not broken the law. He is not a danger to anyone. His only "offense" was showing the world that our hiring systems are outdated and ripe for disruption. He is a young innovator with immense potential, and his contributions should be nurtured, not punished.

Keeping Roy suspended from Columbia University serves no purpose other than to stifle innovation and silence those who challenge the status quo. His story has already inspired a movement, and history will remember him as someone who dared to ask, "Why are we still doing things this way?"

We, the undersigned, seek justice for Roy Lee. Columbia University, we urge you to reinstate him and recognize that punishing innovation is a step backward for us all. And, fuck LeetCode.

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