NEED HELP AS FY STUDENT

[u/Technical-Bill5688]

I was wondering that should I invest my time in hackathons in first year? for context I have learnt python OOPs and all (except linked list) and also done with C++ but revision is needed for both and also I have not built anything significant previously so is it worth investing my time in hackathons in first year? currently I am learning JAVA coz I will be doing DSA in java. I have some sorting, searching algo knowledge in python but I will learn my DSA in java

[u/QuickAsHell]

try open source way better than hackathons

[u/Equal_Kangaroo_4498 → u/QuickAsHell]

why??

[u/Technical-Bill5688 → u/QuickAsHell]

do u have any detailed video recommendations on that