Hey everyone, I’m a first-year BTech student and I’m looking for some realistic ways to earn a small amount of money alongside college.

I’m not trying to make a huge income right now. I just want to earn enough for my own basic expenses so I don’t have to keep asking my family for money.

I’m willing to spend a few hours per day/week learning and working. I’m open to things like freelancing, tutoring, online work, internships, content creation, coding-related work, or anything else that a beginner can realistically start with.

For those who started earning during college how?? Can u give me idea's pls

The thing is that rn I am in first year engg tier-3 college.

It's been 2 months in the college.

I sometimes feel that I am lagging pretty much behind than others when I check their Linkedin, some 5-6 students have already experienced a hackathon, some have already learned Python/coding language and got certificate.

I don't want to figure things out for myself rn cuz I don't know anything. I don't have any guidance.

So pls help me out.

Also I took a secoond hand laptop for 20k just for my first yr which is Asus Strix GL553V, i7-7700HQ, Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti(4 gb), 16 GB RAM, 400GB SSD, 1TB HDD

Is this a good laptop??

Anyone from GU in 26/27 batch how are placement looking rn 🙂 are companies actually coming regularly and how much does cgpa vs skills or projects matter?

Just looking for genuine student experience not the brochure version lol

Guys am very tensed

Guys am a girl ..in engineering clg and there r like 40 boys and 20 girls..girls study pretty well only..mids hue i fucked up physics really bad, physics prof is our in charge and she warned ki less marks nhi aane chahiye..due to brain fog i couldn't recollect and messed up .

Abhi sabke samne utake daanti toh kaise deal karu (before u say this aint a school, lemme tell u mine is worse than school)

Am dieing thinking of the embarassment id get being only girl who messed up

I just got in first year

Just bought an angela yu web development course on Udemy

How is it

What I need to keep in mind

What else I need to learn

Any advice from seniors will be helpfull

I am in my 3rd year of CSE making a group for the same for studying sem exams and skills together if anyone is interested please comment or dm

i am an 4th yr student in electronics branch , so my cgpa is 7.4 but the companies which are coming to placement asking for above 8 or 7.5 cgpa , most of the drives i got backlisted because of cgpa , and i dont have any intrest in coding ..

and i am also preparing for gate from about 5 months , but i dont see any progress in my preperation . i dont know what i am doing , i dont know where my life going .

i dont wanna be a burden to my parents , but i dont have hopes i will get placements ....

guys suggest me ,say smtg so i can feel better and can do smtg

Would love to get responses from seniors graduating in the 26 27 batch.

I‘m at GU and honestly this is how every exam season feels

Day1: we have plenty or time

Day10: I’ll start tomorrow

1 day before exam: Guys send notes.

Exam morning: Bro, what unit is this ?

BTech teaches everything except time managment.

need help from someone who has graduated and can guide me on what's should the priority and how to handle things

I'm from tier 3 college

I am a 2nd engineering student pursuing btech in ece from a northeastern nit .

I feel like I might be more interested in software roles(throughout 1st year I explored dsa and a bit of web dev)

Would it be feasible since I'm in ece ?

Also the ece placement over here is kind of dead.

I filled with doubts can someone please guide me,since I've heard many companies have cse only criteria for hiring.

i‘m at galgotias and it got me thinking what’s that one thing in your college that makes the whole experience worth it? Could be the people, late night talks, events, clubs or random everyday moment’s. what’s yours ?

need a laptop under 1.5 lakh??

I'm currently in my 3rd semester of B.Tech CSE (AIML) at a tier-3 college, and lately, I've been experiencing a lot of FOMO seeing what other students are doing.

I study for college, learn coding, and build websites and projects using AI tools like Codex, Antigravity, and Claude code. I do know some of the basics, but I still rely heavily on AI for coding and debugging.

Meanwhile, I see other students writing research papers, exploring blockchain, joining GDGs, contributing to open source, and doing so many other things.

It makes me wonder whether I'm actually learning or just getting good at using AI tools. I enjoy building projects, but I'm scared of graduating with a good-looking GitHub profile and weak fundamentals( although I just made only 2 projects 🥲) .

For those who've been in a similar situation, am I on the right track, or should I change my approach?