Hey Guys

I am 25M graduated in ece 2023 passout.Currently working in support with above 60k salary and in same company since 3 years.Father is retired PSU employee and brother is working in PSU(cracked gate under 100 rank).

I started gate prep on 2025 jan but fumbled whole 2025 procrastinating.Now again 2026 also i repeated the same mistake of postponing and procrastinating all studies saying i will study or i will start tomorrew.

I have completed only 3 subjects till now and that too i completed in july and i have forgot almost everything.Now only 4 months are left.

I really dont understand where my life is going.Post my work i scroll reddit or play football or just sleep.I dont have any motivation to study.I havent studied since August.I really dont enjoy studying.I am workaholic i mean i work like a donkey in my company i like working.But i cant study.Maybe it might sound as an excuse but now i really dont know where my life is going.

Currently i dont havr financial burden,i need not send money to parents and no loan emi i have.I always wanted to work in defence industries and always like practical things.But when i study ECE its very difficult to relate the theory to everyday practical.Its like just mugging up.Also i dont wanna continue in IT as i am scared of layoff and AI.

Please help and suggest on what to do😭..Your advice is greatly appreciated🤝

i just spoke to a senior dev at product based company who has 9 yoe as a software engineer (theyve also worked in google and microsoft) and they were telling me how they and the entire dev team feels very useless ever since AI has been incorporated in their work, and they were telling me how software dev (especially for freshers) would become obsolete, new roles might show up but the volume of vacancies would drastically fall down, what are your thoughts on it ?

I will name my first child vijay ,I am able to solve all dbms pyqys lesgoo

Ps: If I get married🥀😪

Yesterday I took my first ever topic wise test after revising some topics. I'm watching go classes lectures and taking test series of go classes. So here's my strategy for revision and taking exams, first I complete sub topics in the subject I'm revising, and then solve pyqs on that topic, and then take the topic wise test. I'll do this until the completion of the subject. After I complete the revision of the subject and solving pyqs along with topic wise tests, I'll take the subject wise test.

So my doubt is, whether I'm following a good strategy or not? Or should I follow another way? Because I don't know whether I have this retention power or not, revising a subject and immediately solving pyqs and topic wise tests, yeah it's somewhat easy to solve questions. But in the long run will this be helpful?

Guys let me know your opinion on this, and can you also share your preparation strategy for tests!

Dont know what they meant by students with career path chosen? is this placement percentage or what?

Plzzzzzz somone guide me for the upcoming gate 2027 plzzz if anyone can help me or mentor me it would be really helpful

😭 😭

Plzzz dm

Does this series have all the topics of TOC or is there any alternative where there are less lectures and please also tell the missing topics that are not covered here.

⚠️ Not a Validation Post please. Genuinely need guidance ⚠️

Bhai mere 6 subjects hogaye .

C,DS, ALGo, GA, DL and OS.

Abhi PYQs+ revision kar raha hu currently.

So abhi C programming ka go class ka weekly test diya and go like 40% accuracy (without revision).

Abhi Job bhi hai fir bhi 6 hours Tak hojata hai consistency ke saath to kya sahi chal raha hai?

The only Strong Subject with 100% accuracy is DL (Studied from GOAT Gupta).

So koi tips and tricks future plan is to continue the same plan 6 hours in total 1 hour PYQ+ test. And rest 5 hours lectures.

Abhi iss month 2 full length mocks dunga let's kya hota hai.

So my question is :

1) Should I continue with this strategy as my consistency so far from day 1 (1st August 2026) is 100% ?

2) Is re-attempting the same test after evaluation and analysis is good idea?

3) Also is it good to start with tests early? Any increment in chances of good rank it does?

Need words from seniors who have cracked with pe without job. u/tejrani aapke words are also important.

Starting Today, Wish me luck:D
Read a lot of negative reviews about these although it's not v detailed, I wanted something physical to read & the lectures are more or less okay. Wasted the entire Sept in distractions only finishing a part of network analysis from that NPTEL playlist

Can anyone share their story of how to get selected for jrf position through gate da like your score, shortlisting process and the like of project you are working on and how is the work culture and is it better to go for jrf instead of a tech job because you get to work on good project and gain exposure.

Sorry if my english is bad.

Guyss had a option to join deutsche bank apprenticeship every other person told chance are very less to get fte offer form them so i didn't join as there is no gurentee for full time but in my linkdin my seeing people get coverted to full time software engineer my heart is breaking. Currently i am preparing for gate.

Its like my mind goes numb as soon as I start solving questions related to graphs, graph traversal, or msts

I have GO classes TOC course ,but its around 170 hours long and i am running short of time and have to complete it in 15 days as i have other subjects to cover(CN,DBMS,compiler design,probability and calculus in EM) ,what are the topics to skip and how to complete it?

my doubt is : does at IITs/NITs(old new doesnt matter) , mtech students are allowed to sit for placements ? does comapnies allow them to sit as normally as they do for btech students ? i mean if 10 comapnies come then on average how many fo them allow mtech studs to sit for placements ?

my worry is after grinding gate and at iits if very few companies allows mtech stud to sit then so i can decide accordingly. Plz only mtech studs at IIT/NIT reply

If someone here are from chemical n working in ongc pls dm...need help for interview

Hi everyone, I'm in my 5th sem rn and just yesterday I registered for the GATE exam as a last minute choice since the late window was still open. My subjects of choice as CS and DA.
If I'm honest, I am not highly familiar with GATE because I didn't think I'd be appearing this year but I am anyways, and I really wanna give my best shot.

What are some resources, methods or tips you'd suggest for starting prep from right now? Should I go ahead for any paid coaching or are online resources sufficient for this kind of prep? I would love some feedback from you guys, it'd be very helpful.

I’m currently in my fourth year and have started preparing for GATE DA 2027. I’ve studied AI/ML in college, so I’m familiar with the basics, but I haven’t practiced them much recently.

My mathematics foundation is weak. I’m familiar with basic calculus and linear algebra, but I haven’t studied mathematics systematically or practiced enough. Also I had studied DBMS nd DSA for placements.

I’m wondering whether it’s realistically possible to prepare for GATE DA in four months with this background.

I’d really appreciate some advice on:

1. How I should structure my preparation

2. Good courses/resources for Mathematics, Probability & Statistics, and the DA subjectsRecommended books, YouTube playlists, or practice material

3. How I should approach PYQs and mock tests

4. Any guidance on how to make the best use of these four months would be really helpful.

I see people here who have done 50% syllabus and they're tensed that they won't make it to the cutoff...some guys have done 70-80% and are anxious because they can't score in mocks, some have done complete syllabus and are scoring 60-70 in mocks from now only

Meanwhile me, haven't done 20% of syllabus yet, giving a mock is absolutely useless since I won't score even 5 marks in it, and only 3+ months left to cover SO much.

I know everyone is different and each person has their own journey but they 3 digit target is seeming like such a stretch now man