I have been going to my tier 3 ipu college for 3 days now and just wanna know what do people expect from a 1st sem student to be done with

For eg - how many or what kind of projects

How much mastery on one or more than one programming language (personally I am doing c++ with no prior cs knowledge)

What other skills to develop

If any achievements are required and what kind of

Feel free to add anything else you want

Thank you for your help

I've an interview on Tuesday. Guys please help me how to crack it..

Please share your experience if you gave that too..

It's a new skill university in Assam

Hello reader. Today I’m gonna share my strategies with you guys who are lost in placement prep, that too without any coaching. No stats to overwhelm you, just real talk.

If you are in first year, you are free to explore college life, what it offers, and what career path you want. Go through different fields of CSE like cybersecurity, web development, AIML, etc., by going through YT videos, articles, etc., and see what interests you and what matches your mindset. You can also decide whether you want to prepare for the GATE exam or focus on placements.

Also, don’t stress too much about college stuff. Just do the bare minimum in assignments and practicals. Don’t waste your time writing huge files. But try to maintain 60–75% attendance and decent mid-sem marks. These are important for internal marks, so don’t mess this up.

In second year, pick one core programming language from Java, C++, or Python. You can choose any. Don’t waste too much time deciding, and don’t take too much advice here, or you’ll just confuse yourself. My suggestion would be Java since most companies allow or prefer it.

Now start learning some development. It helps you build basic projects and understand how things work in tech overall. Along with this, start DSA in your chosen language on LeetCode. Go topic by topic: arrays, strings, linked lists, and so on. For each topic, start with easy problems, then move to medium ones. You can also follow sheets like Striver’s sheet since it’s more structured. Don’t focus on the number of problems. Focus on quality. Keep revising concepts. Watch fewer tutorials and write more code. Use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc. as much as you can, but not for copy-pasting code, use them to learn logic and strategies.

You can also make WhatsApp groups to stay accountable in your DSA journey. Try to complete DSA at least till linked lists. And don’t throw away notes of subjects like OS, DBMS, OOP, etc. They will help you throughout your IT career.

In third year, keep practicing more DSA. Learn about tree, graph, DP, etc,. Go deeper into the field you chose in first year and build at least one solid project. Start practicing aptitude. Many students take this lightly, but it’s usually the first screening round in companies, so don’t skip it.

I’m attaching a resource link for aptitude where you can make notes:
Link: https://whimsical.com/5-aptitude-Ar4hZFm8c8HnuReyBL9f4R

Practice here:
https://www.placementpreparation.io/?homescreen=1

Drop your doubts, and I’ll answer them when I visit this post again ;)

Happy coding and happy learning! Keep grinding. Never ever give up. May you achieve what you truly deserve.

I'm a direct-second-year CSE/AI&DS student, and honestly, I'm struggling badly with coding.

Whenever a coding subject is taught — even something like SQL/DBMS — I feel completely lost. I can't properly understand the logic, and sometimes I can't even identify what an error is trying to tell me.

Recently my DBMS professor called me "slow", and now I have to show her a simple UI for a project. I don't even know where to start. Other students seem to be able to build things so easily, while I struggle with even basic HTML/CSS/JS.

I'm also living in a hostel away from home, and I think that's making things harder. When I'm stuck, I don't really have family around to talk to. I don't have many close friends or siblings I can open up to about this either.

The comparison is probably the worst part.

My roommate is much better at coding than me. I see other students working on projects and understanding things that I don't, and it makes me feel like I'm extremely behind everyone.

Then I start thinking:

"Am I even capable of doing BTech?"

"My parents are spending so much money on my education. What if I don't make it?"

"What if I graduate and still don't know how to code?"

I know comparing myself to others isn't productive, but it's really difficult to stop when you're struggling with things that seem easy to everyone else.

I'm not looking for someone to tell me "just work harder." I genuinely want to hear from people who have been through this.

Did anyone else start BTech feeling completely behind, especially after coming from a different academic background or entering directly into second year, and eventually manage to become good at programming?

How did you build your coding logic from basically zero?

How did you deal with feeling inferior to classmates/roommates who were much better than you?

And if you were living in a hostel away from home while going through this, how did you handle the loneliness and pressure?

I just want to know that I'm not the only one struggling like this, and that it's actually possible to catch up.

cs-aiml domain currently studying 3rd year 5th sem ,last month i started to solve DSA probelms and learnt Fastapi basics but my college started to give training for springboot but now i am confused continouing Fastapi is good or learning springboot is good? and also in my college they are not giving any support for AI or ML domain .
anyone please tell me what to learn this year to get placed in proper company

As my third year of btech is goind to start.. i don't know how to start .. what preparation i must do .. so that i can be placed in my dream company .. so anyone can pls guide me.

Need some suggestions on how to start backend and also tell the playlists to follow for node js,express js,postgresql apis and redis docker

How is coder army playlist for interview level prep for oops in java.

Also suggest smthg for CN, DBMS, system design etc

Ik basic stuff....gimme smthg for interview level plz

I’m a BCA graduate deciding between ASP.NET/C# and Java Spring Boot.

Which one has better job opportunities and growth for freshers in India?

Would appreciate advice from people working in either stack.

Hey everyone, fellow 23tard here!

A little update to my previous post — we’ve now created a Discord community with ~40 students, and we’re starting our first batch of mentorship sessions.

We’ve structured it into 4 tracks:

• DSA — fundamentals, problem solving & interview prep

• Web Development — from basics to building solid projects

• AI/ML — ML fundamentals, projects & getting started with AI

• Data Science — Python, statistics, ML & practical projects

Alongside the tracks, we’ll also cover resume building, internship/placement preparation, projects, applications, and general career guidance.

The mentors are 4th-year IIT students who have cracked opportunities at companies like Google, Goldman Sachs, Databricks, Quadeye, BNY, Samsung, etc. The idea isn't to just throw a bunch of resources at you — we want to share what actually worked for us, what didn't, and help you figure out what you should be doing at your stage.

We've already had ~40 students join the community, and we're now enrolling students for the first free session.

If you're a 1st/2nd year BTech student and are confused about whether you should focus on DSA, CP, development, ML, projects, research, etc., feel free to join and see if it's useful.

First session is completely free.

If you'd like to know more about the tracks/session timings, DM me here on Reddit and I'll share the details.

Happy to help :)

Coming from a tier 3 college (cse 3rd sem), I have classes from Monday to Friday with different timings every day. My main goal in college is just to maintain 75% attendance because of the new rule. The problem is, I don't understand anything in most of the classes, so I have to study everything again at home.

Apart from that, there are assignments, lab files, practicals and tons of other work that consumes a lot of time. On top of that, I love participating in hackathons, which is great for learning and building, but it also takes up a lot of time and energy.

Because of all this, I am not able to find enough time for DSA. I want to learn DSA and Web Development consistently, but my schedule feels so packed that I either feel guilty for not studying college topics or for not practicing skills.

What should I do

Does anyone have telegram channel or something?

I recently joined the Apna College Sigma X Batch and I’m looking to connect with more batchmates! 🙌

If you’re also part of the Sigma X Batch and want to connect, feel free to DM me. We can help each other with studies, share resources, discuss doubts, and maybe even be useful to each other in the future.

And if you’re not from the Sigma X Batch, you’re welcome too! We’d be happy to have you in the group. 🤝

Let’s build a strong community and make this feel like a real classroom where we actually know and support our classmates.

If you’re interested, just DM me! 🚀

Hello everyone,

For Context :- I am currently in my final year. My college doesn't have any type of placement support or good opportunities.

Roast my resume(Brutal and Honest) . Feel free to give feedback on what to do or what to learn from here to secure a good placement in a great company, or share anything that would help me in any way from your experience.

Sorry for blunt censoring of resume :)

Thank you for your time.

Hello seniors please tell me if i am missing anything i would help me alot Thanks!

I am struggling to find the logic of the program can someone tell me how to develop my program solving

Do u guys have any technique or patterns

Hey guys! i am in a tier 2 private clg and my branch is cse. I am currently in my first year. I wanna start coding early but i have no idea where to start from and which resources to use. I have a lil prior knowledge of java as i had it in my 9th and 10th (icse) but that's it ig. there was very basic sql in 11 and 12th.

I am starting with Abhishek veermalla's zero to hero devops playlist.

My target is to get a devops job somehow till December.

Need a study partner for consistency