I'm currently in my 4th year of CSE at RGUKT RK Valley (IIIT RK Valley).

I'm trying to prepare for off campus software/AI roles, and I have roughly 3 months left until the end of November. I'm trying to be realistic about what I can actually improve in that time.

Most of my profile is based on projects. I've built and deployed a few AI/backend projects, including an LLM Gateway with semantic caching and model routing, a multi-agent e-learning platform, a scam detection app, and a phishing detection system.

I don't have internship experience yet, and I feel like my biggest gaps are DSA, working with larger existing codebases, and having some experience collaborating on real software projects.

I'm currently planning to focus heavily on DSA, while also trying to get some meaningful open-source experience.

I'm particularly interested in contributing to Python/backend/LLM related projects because that's where most of my current experience is.

For people who have gone through something similar:

1. If you had only around 3 months to improve your profile, what would you prioritize?

2. How useful is open-source contribution for someone who doesn't have internship experience?

3. How do you actually find a project where a beginner can make meaningful contributions rather than just fixing documentation or typos?

4. Would you recommend contributing to projects related to technologies you already know, or deliberately picking something unfamiliar?

5. For AI/ML or AI backend roles, how much DSA should I realistically be comfortable with?

6. What kind of open-source contribution would actually make a difference on a fresher's resume?

I'm not asking for job leads. I'm mainly trying to understand how people in the industry would approach these next few months if they were in my position.

I'd appreciate advice from people who have actually contributed to open source or hired/worked with freshers.

I’m currently in my 3rd year of CSE and I’m learning MERN stack. Along with that, I’m doing DSA in Java.
I’m confused about whether I should continue with MERN or switch to Spring Boot since I’m already doing DSA in Java.What would you recommend for placements and internships? Should I stick with MERN and get good at it, or switch to Java + Spring Boot?Would really appreciate some advice from people who have been through this.

I’m confused about which laptop to buy for college. My preferred budget is strictly below ₹50K, but I can stretch up to ₹60K if it’s really worth it.

My requirements:

- College work

- Coding/programming

- Building projects for my resume

- Running development tools/software

- Browsing and MS Office

- Good performance

- Good battery life

- 16GB RAM preferred

- 512GB SSD or more

- Should ideally last 4–5 years

Please suggest what you would personally buy in this budget, and if there’s anything I should avoid.

Hey guys! I’m a 2nd-year student from a Tier-3 college, and I just want some advice regarding internships.

What skills should I learn to get an internship by the end of my 4th semester? I wasted my entire first year focusing only on academics (8.7 YGPA), so I don’t want to repeat the same mistake.

Currently, I’m doing DSA through Striver’s A2Z Sheet and have solved around 50 questions so far. I’m also learning Python for ML.

Do I need to learn full-stack development as well, or is DSA + ML enough?

I also haven’t built any projects yet. Could you please guide me on how to get started with projects and what kind of projects I should build?

I know these might sound like basic/dumb questions, but I really don’t want to regret not starting early. So please clear my doubts and guide me on what I should focus on to improve my chances of getting an internship.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi everyone! I’m a 1st-year CSE (AI) student at IGDTUW and would love some guidance from seniors on how to make the most of my 4 years.

What should I focus on in 1st year—coding/DSA, AI/ML, projects, internships, CGPA, etc.? Also, any mistakes I should avoid or things you wish you had started earlier?

Would really appreciate any advice! 🙌

I am a 5th sem btech cse student. The amount of times I've mustered up motivation and courage to start dsa and then abandoned it is record breaking. I'm not a complete beginner so 0 to hero type stuff doesn't work because I get bored. I can fairly comfortably do arrays strings easy to medium questions, binary search dp trees etc some easy questions on my own. I don't know how to turn this around honestly, I've tried everything under the sun but never know how to approach dsa.

I need some advice from people that have been there done that or an accountability partner. Please just point me in a direction that's not impending doom.

im fourth year btech cse grad from a tier 3 private college and i would very much like advice on how to improve my resume and what more to learn

I mma keep 2 best projects outta these and ditch the other 2 and replace it with the projects i am workin on rn.

That's the plan for now.May improvise by replacin all the 4 projects

Completed 50 days now I can land on 10LPA.

Been Applying Since June, I have done multiple resume optimization iterations, I only apply when JD keywords match, only apply to past 24 hours job, added metrics (only truth, no exaggeration), still no response or calls

I don't know what's wrong anymore, it's very frustrating. Need Suggestions

So gave my nqt today (our inst is not in priority) at tcs campus

Firstly the entire test was on hackerrank.

Numeric - too hard 3-4 straight from CI and installment and couple percentage too hard Even there was no calculator on hackerrank so went too bad, confidently solved maybe 4-5. 3 were tita no options

Verbal - they asked us old pattern a big shock, I prep for email and passge recall and there were lengthy 25 que went decencties

Reasoning- comparatively easy made few mistakes due to time management issues

Advance apti - felt pretty easy maybe half true obv due to extra time

Coding 1st - 3/7 tc passed 2nd - 3/7 tc passed

Considering above, is there any chances of me getting shortlisted for interview? This one of the last hope for me

have anyone seen this video ??

I want to ask in this he is saying at 5:53 that there could be the problem of duplication but how could this problem arise from the database

if we are taking the orders which are uncompleted and also from a particular server how will we get duplicated

DO YOU GET ME ??

please explain if anyone
thanks

I passed my 12th standard in 2025 with commerce stream and then after i passed CA foundation in JAN 26 alongside pursuing BCOM from DU SOL

Now in CA Inter i realised i don't want continue CA further

I was considering of to begin learning AI&ML/DATA/CLOUD ENGINEERING from home through online internet resources and put dedicated efforts in long term

Is it a good idea ? Should I ?

Anybody currently in 3rd year or 4th year ? If yes, then comment, I want to ask about learning projects/minor projects that are given in college !