I'm entering my 3rd year, and I'm in a really difficult situation regarding placements.

My college doesn't have many top companies visiting campus. In the 5th semester, companies like Nomura, UBS, and Nvidia visit (Nvidia usually hires only one student). Then in the 6th semester, companies like Amazon and Yugabyte come.

The problem is that I'm going through a serious financial crisis. I need to pay around ₹2.5 lakhs for my 4th-year college fees. Getting a high-paying job as early as possible would make a huge difference for both my education and my family's financial situation.

Here's where it gets frustrating: our placement cell has a rule that if you're shortlisted by companies like Nomura or UBS, you're not allowed to sit for the online assessment of companies that come later, like Amazon. Once you're selected in one process, you're effectively out of the later ones.

I'm completely torn.

If I sit for Nomura/UBS and get shortlisted, I lose my chance at Amazon, which could potentially offer much better compensation and help me clear my college fees while improving my family's financial condition.

On the other hand, if I skip the 5th-semester companies and wait only for Amazon in the 6th semester, there's no guarantee I'll get it. If I fail there, I'll have skipped good opportunities and could end up with nothing.

People often say "just apply off-campus," but the reality is that it's extremely difficult in the current market, and my primary chance is through on-campus placements.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? What would you do if you were in my place? Would you take the safer option in the 5th semester or take the risk and wait for Amazon?

When college starts, you'll see everyone asking:

"Which language should I learn?"

"Which course should I buy?"

"Which certificate is best?"

Here's something I wish someone had told me earlier.

Nobody cares how many courses you've completed.

By the end of second year, thousands of students will have the same Python, Java, Web Dev, or AI certificates.

The difference is this:

Some will have 10 certificates.

Others will have 5 real projects, GitHub contributions, hackathon experience, and people they've actually built software with.

Guess who stands out.

If you're joining Tier3 college this year, don't spend four years coding alone.

Find people who build.

Work on projects.

Break things.

Ship them.

Repeat.

A few of us started Attack On Code for exactly this reason—a student community where people collaborate on real projects, contribute to open source, and grow by building together.

If you're interested, we'd love to have you. Upvote this post and DM me

Build Beyond The Wall.

I will be starting my 5th semester and throughout the 4th semester, I made a chess engine. Play a match or two against it at https://arbor-gui.vercel.app/

The frontend is very clearly made by AI but after months of working the engine, I just wasn't in the mood of spending weeks building a frontend.

Here's the GitHub link https://github.com/Sanyam-205/Arbor-Chess-Engine

This scam firm has revoked full time offers for the 3rd time in last 8 years!

Please stay away from their so called lucrative packages , Trilogy Univ Bootcamp held in Dubai!

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They campus hire from almost all NITs/IIITs/IIT in India

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If someone is hiring do let me know I have been affected by this (Ping me for resume and other details - Profile Tier 1 college ; summer Internship with Trilogy Innovations)

My qualifications: Passed Class 12 (PCM) with 60%.

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Hi everyone,

I recently passed Class 12 with 60% in PCM, and I'm at a point where I have to take admission this year. Taking a drop isn't an option for me.

The biggest problem is that I genuinely don't know what I'm interested in. Whenever I ask people for advice, they say, "Do what you're passionate about." But that's exactly what I'm struggling with—I have no clear passion or career goal.

Almost all of my friends are joining B.Tech CSE with different specializations. The thing is, I have zero coding knowledge. I don't know Python, C++, Java, or any programming language. I've never built a project or explored coding before. This makes me wonder if I'll even be able to survive or perform well in CSE.

At the same time, I also have some interest in business, so I've been considering BBA. But after researching online, I found that the average salary after a BBA seems to be around ₹4–5 LPA, whereas B.Tech CSE graduates often get ₹6–10 LPA (though I know this depends on skills and college).

I'm just an average student—not a topper, but I'm willing to work hard once I choose a direction. My parents are not forcing me into any career. They simply say, "Choose whatever you want, but be successful in it." That support is great, but it also makes the decision entirely mine, and I'm scared of making the wrong choice.

So I have a few questions:

1. Can someone with zero coding background succeed in B.Tech CSE if they're willing to learn from scratch?
   

2. Is choosing CSE only because of better job opportunities a bad idea?

3. Should I choose BBA if I have a slight interest in business, even though the starting salaries are generally lower?

4. If you were in my position, what would you do?

Please be honest. I'd really appreciate advice from people who have studied or are currently studying B.Tech CSE or BBA. Even a few minutes of your time could help me make one of the biggest decisions of my life.

Thank you so much.

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Hi, I'm from a Tier 3 college and am looking for some advice. Also, I haven't put my CGPA on my resume. It's 9.8, but I feel it's not worth including. I'm also very much into competitive programming. Should I add that too?
also i have made a clinical software for a very large hospital chain but cant disclose it due to NDA

My ratings are:

Codeforces 1491 (Specialist),

CodeChef 1600,

AtCoder 5th Kyu

I am about to begin my 3rd year btech, interested in ML. I am thinking of making an online lab kind of website where some research i'll put focusing on understanding Brain through AI, can you please give me some suggestions. Also one can join me as well as a part of this initiative.

Please note i am not an ML expert rn, i am learning through building.

Ive seen many people on yt with teaching java and also I've checked out their java playlist... Apna college then telusko and some many others. Just so confused rn. Pls help

I'm at the very beginning of my 2nd year of B.Tech, and I wanted to make this post as a public checkpoint for myself.

Over the past year, I've spent most of my time building my problem-solving skills. Right now, I've solved 600+ DSA problems across LeetCode, Codeforces, CSES, and CodeChef. My current ratings are around 1600 on LeetCode and 1100 on Codeforces.

Apart from DSA, I've also learned the basics of web development. I haven't built many significant projects yet. This year, I want to focus on balancing both competitive programming and development instead of only doing one.

I'm writing this post because I think it's easy to say you'll work hard, but much harder to leave a record that you'll have to revisit later. So here's mine.

My goals by the start of my 3rd year:

Reach 1800+ on LeetCode.

Reach 1300–1500 on Codeforces.

Build 2–3 solid development projects that I'm genuinely proud of.

Become much more consistent in Codeforces contests and improve my problem-solving speed.

Strengthen my understanding of core DSA and write cleaner, faster code.

Become comfortable with the technologies needed for internships.

I'm not expecting everything to go perfectly. There will probably be periods where I lose consistency, get stuck on difficult problems, or feel like I'm making no progress. That's part of the process.

The point of this post isn't to impress anyone. It's simply to leave a timestamp for myself.

If you're reading this a year from now—whether you're someone who finds this post or it's just me coming back to it—I hope I can say that I kept the promises I made today.

See you in one year.

Hi i am currently in 3rd year(its about to start) and idk anything about dsa i only know basic cpp. And in my college companies are coming up with internship opportunities for my batch but due to lack of dsa i will get rejected easily. So i need help to be ready for upcoming opportunities asap. Please someone tell me how to do it. Please like should I do striver? But it’s very lengthy or go for neetcode150?

Since , I frequently hearing about layoff of btech graduates from many companies .Is choosing btech a good choice?

I'm about a year into my software engineering career, and lately I'm feeling pretty frustrated.

A pattern has emerged where senior engineers build features however they want—sometimes in a single 1,500–2,000 line file—and then my task is to refactor everything. I have to break it into reusable components/modules, organize the folder structure, improve naming, and make the codebase maintainable.

The frustrating part is that if I miss even one thing, the PR gets held up until every detail is addressed.

I understand that refactoring and clean code are important skills, but it feels like I'm spending most of my time cleaning up other people's code instead of building features or solving interesting engineering problems. Sometimes it feels like I'm the designated "cleanup engineer."

Is this normal for someone with around one year of experience? Did anyone else go through this early in their career? Does this actually pay off in the long run, or is it a sign that I'm not being utilized well?

I'd really appreciate hearing from people who've been in a similar situation.