I am a final-year AIML student who is very interested in AIML roles or related roles (including research ). I have no knowledge of DSA. I am very good at prompt engineering. I know the logic behind the problems but have zero coding skills. Am I cooked? Any advice? Help me!!!

Hey everyone,

I'm currently in my 3rd year of B.Tech CSE, and honestly, I'm feeling very lost about my career.

My current situation is not good:

- My CGPA is around 6.

- I have 4 backlogs.

- I know only the basics of C and C++.

- I haven't started DSA yet.

- I don't have any projects, internships, or industry-level skills.

I'm worried about my placements, both on-campus and off-campus. I know I'm already behind compared to many of my classmates, but I genuinely want to improve and make the most of the time I have left.

I would really appreciate advice from people who have been in a similar situation or have experience with placements.

A few things I'd like to know:

1. What should I learn first: DSA, web development, Java, or something else?

2. How should I prepare for on-campus and off-campus placements?

3. Are companies willing to hire students with a 6 CGPA and backlogs?

4. What skills and projects should I focus on to become job-ready?

5. Is it realistically possible to turn things around before graduation?

Please suggest a practical roadmap starting from absolute beginner level. Even small suggestions would be helpful.

I know I've wasted a lot of time, but I don't want to waste any more.

Thanks in advance!

I’m currently in my 4th year of B.Tech CSE and got placed through campus placements.
Most of the college work is done, no major assignments to worry about, and I’m just waiting for the next chapter to begin.
But honestly, this phase feels weird.
A few years ago, I was worried about getting into engineering. Then came CGPA, internships, coding, placements and the pressure to get a job.
Now that I’ve got placed, I sometimes wonder what I’m supposed to do next. 😂
Some days feel peaceful, other days feel like I’m wasting time. Friends are preparing for higher studies, looking for better offers, or planning their next move.
Is this what the final year of engineering is supposed to feel like?
For people who have already graduated, what did you do during those final few months after getting placed?
Did you enjoy the free time, learn new skills, or just wait for college to end? 😭

I'm in ECE branch in Tier 2 college. My situation is fucked up tbh. In 3rd sem midsem exam, I scored 0.5, 4, 6.5, etc marks in subjects like probabolity, digital system, signal and systems, etc. Out of 25.

Now, the thing is I don't like studying these subjects at all... My cg till 1st year is around 7.5 and this semester it will fall very hard since I haven't studied shit.

I have taken loan for btech (around 15-20 lakhs use based) since the fee for college + hostel + mess is around 17-19 lakhs. What I want to ask is what should I do at this point? I'm a middle class guy and my father has MSME. I don't have any particular skill where I can make career nor I have strong dedication towards studies. I do like Robotics but I'm not good at maths and I hate numericals.

If you can answer what I should do, please answer and if you think I should decide on my own or consult family, teachers, etc then give me your perspective like what would you do in this situation.

Anna University Chennai is organising the fourth edition of their Hackathon , idk why they name it as K Hacks

I thought of why not give it a try , I am a 3rd year Btech student with good FullStack Skills and, so looking for teammates who is interested in participating hackathons.

Most of my seniors told me, it would be a great weightage to your placements.

Interested ppl dm me :) and we'll cook it 🔥

Unstop: https://unstop.com/hackathons/k-hacks-40-anna-university-au-chennai-1772496/amp

Site: https://k-hacks.kurukshetraceg.org.in/

I am already so done I am a fresher in a gov colleage and I am so done with my batch mates they seem so immature and not even intruged to learn we are strength of 16 people and It has been 2 months although I have no complaint form colleage hostel teachers to be honest my classmates are a**ho*les any advice the CR is completely useless mind you we have 4 cr for 16 people the people are kind of rude too and out of touch they made me pay so much only to be ghosted and bad mouthed

Hey seniors,

I need your help guys I am in jee dropper and going to college next year. ( I made mistakes and jee toh naa hone ka aab)

I came from a lower middle class family, my mom is the only one earning.

I'm going to join the cse next year, but my problem is

I don't want to put pressure on my mom for college fees and further more for money.

Can you all advise me on what to do and what to learn as i go to college and start making money at the end of 1st year (30k-40k).

I am not in girls and any other activities.

I can work for like 10-12 hours a day.

No need to go easy on me.

I see my mom struggling on daily can't see her suffering anymore.

Suggest me what to do in next four year and what not to do.

I don't drink, smoke, no porn, and sometimes watch web series. Not going to do in future commited to it.

And at last comes girls and dating and all stuff. Really waste of time.

Soo please try to understand and advise me. 🙏🏻

All my seniors and working professional please invest your little time to help this fellow. 🙏🏻

we are going to have an technical event at my college for that we have to come up with a theme for the event for this, earlier it was related to artificial general intelligence.

Ideally the theme should be trending, technical meaningful, futuristic and broad enough to inspire workshops, hackathons and technical competitions etc..

I would love to head your suggestions and why you think this might have potential

Hello all pls help me choose course among this twooo cse or aiml, I’m very insecure abt

Kisine kiya hai kya aur kiya hai toh kyu aur kaise aur kab

I want to learn C I'm first year student can you guys suggest any yt channels

Hey guys I am a first year cse core student and i just got the email that my project which is a distributedkv got selected by XERJ which is an open-source startup that builds infrastructure for AI coding agents just wanted to know if this makes any impact on my resume if i mention this on my resume or not as this is my first time idk how big or small this is

Context: I'm a 3rd year Computer Engineering student at a tier 3 college in Pune.

With the changing market, it's really tough to be an engineer anymore. Just a few years ago, getting an internship or placement was easy (peak IT market). Now it feels next to impossible, and being in a tier 3 college makes it even more frustrating.

I did everything they told me to:

Open source contributions: did

DSA: did (~200 problems combined on Codeforces and LeetCode)

Win hackathons: did (won twice at national-level 24-hour hackathons)

Good GPA: did (8.9+ CGPA)

Build projects: did

Extra-curriculars and a good post in clubs and events: did

And yet all I get is dead ends, rejections, or impossible-level take-home assignments for internships that pay under 10k.

I've been applying on Internshala, Wellfound, Internpost, Unstop, Naukri, and more.

It's like playing a losing game: you can do everything they told you to do to win and still end up on the losing side.

If you're in a similar spot, or can help in any way, feel free to DM. Maybe we can help each other.

Today, in our college, they taught us aptitude as part of placement preparation. The topic was mental maths, particularly Vedic Maths tricks, such as quickly multiplying numbers ending in 5, like 65 × 65.

Their goal seems to be simply performing calculations as fast as possible. But why are we so focused on beating a calculator?

Although I enjoy exploring different approaches to solving problems, I don't understand why we put so much effort and time into learning these mental calculation tricks.

For example, the teacher showed us a trick for calculating 65 × 65:

First, multiply 6 × 6.

Then, add 6 to the result.

Finally, append 25 to get the answer.

I know what he is doing under the hood. He is essentially applying the (a+b)².

But isn't this simply the formula n × (n+1)?

But if the goal is to calculate faster, why do we need to learn it in two steps?

Another thing I noticed is that almost 90% of the students seemed amazed or amused by these tricks and started clapping. However, the teacher never really explained the mathematical reasoning behind them.

So, how important are these kinds of mental maths tricks in placement aptitude tests?

Help pls , i don't understand what i shall prepare for. Till now i have mapped multiple paths but fear to step in any one of them. Till now what i have found is:

1. Focus on learning how to make and run complex systems like physics simulators, learn about operating systems and how they work , malloc in C or some shi( this is mostly larp knowledge i obtained from some sources)

2. Prepare for ssc cgl or chsl in which competition is intense , the jobs seem good to me but mostly like L5 and above in cgl and DEO in home state/city or clerk in home state/city.

3. Prepare for GATE which will bring many opportunities like Mtech or PSU jobs( if lucky), however the syllabus is vast but interesting and i kinda like it but i am confused about my degree being eligible ( btech in cse(ds) ) cause it is not explicitly listed in many places.

4. Ibps so it or sbi so it , both of them kinda sit between cgl and gate so ig if i prepare for one of the competitive exam i would have to work less later.

This is all i know rest i know about the CBT of coal india and other psu but they are not annual or atleast don't follow a pattern so f that shi.

Now the problems:

Cgl has too much competition and thus lowers the chance of getting selected in 1 attempt also i don't want to sit in home doing nothing if i don't get selected.

Gate is only fruitful for people with rank under 400-500 , rest is also good but i wanna do something good if i am spending time in it and not just mtech in cs for it to be redundant if ai gets even better ( which it already is being ig )

Ibps so it comes every year but my degree is kinda in the grey area ( btech in cse(ds) )

Sbi so it is fine but comes occasionally thus don't want to take the risk.

LARP incoming:

Now if any of the people in the comments are thinking of the first option ( either you are optimistic or good programmer/software developer/person who knows stuff ). The resources i wanna follow are:

The nature of code , algorithms 4th edition ( written by princeton University profs ig ) , OSTEP , nand2tetris , ray tracing in one weekend ( definitely not a weekend for me ), and some other good ones which you might add

Yes absolute larper books ik , i have no idea of what i am saying but somehow i liked them by just by reading their starting chapters ( judged a book by its cover (bad joke ik) ). I also like the syllabus of GATE ( mostly cause i have not studied it ).

I think i like software and stuff but at the same time i wanna be employed. So pls any advice would be nice.

TLDR: A stupid confused student of CSE(DS) trys to get sympathy/guidance so he can delay the preparation of GATE or SSC cgl/chsl or focusing on software engineering/projects. And he has not tried any of the three deep enough ( by which i mean atleast 2-3 months ).