u/Mammoth-Intention924

Hi all,

So my situation for the next 8 months will be working full time as an intern, and I expect to only have ~6-10 hours a week to study (mainly weekends in the morning).

For some context I’m 3rd year CS (of 4), I know python and java to some extent, but don’t have any notable projects for either, aside from school projects. I’m most likely interviewing for grad roles next year and mostly looking for back end, devops, infra, systems (not entirely sure yet, keeping options open)

I’m wondering how I can best use my time to upskill before I apply for graduate programs. My current options I’m thinking about are:

1. Learning Springboot and/or FastAPI and build a reasonably deep project with one or both
2. Focus on system design / leetcode for interviewing next year
3. Learn TypeScript

Let me know if any of these are good choices, or if there’s another better way I can spend my time.

TIA

How useful are computer architecture and networking courses in university for becoming a software engineer? Are they courses that are definitely worth taking?

TIA

Reviews for these units? Difficulty, usefulness?