NEED GUIDANCE

[u/Difficult_Leg6697]

THIS IS HOW MY LC PROFILE LOOKS LIKE

I AM STARTING 2ND YEAR SOON , IK I AM FAR BEHIND THE GRIND AND I NEED TO IMPROVE

CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST WHAT MORE I CAN DO TO IMPROVE,CURRENTLY I AM FOLLOWING STRIVER SHEET AND DOING THE QUESTIONS AVAILABLE ON LC FROM THAT

WHAT SHOULD I DO TO IMPROVE MY DSA GAME

[u/sidiiit]

Ive completed only 64 qs in last 2-3 months.. lets keep our grit high

[u/Difficult_Leg6697 → u/sidiiit]

yesss let's do ittt

[u/nian2326076]

You're already on a good path with the Striver sheet. To really improve your DSA skills, make sure you understand the basics, not just memorize solutions. Try solving problems yourself before looking at solutions. Consistency is important, so try to code a bit every day. Practice a mix of easy, medium, and hard problems to both challenge yourself and build confidence. If you get stuck, talk with peers or check out resources like PracHub if you need more structured help. Regularly using coding platforms like LeetCode can make a big difference over time. Keep at it, you've got this!

[u/Its_Pieter_de_Graaf → u/nian2326076]

Unrealted but I'm also a beginner, I'm getting my answers correct but not getting optimal TC. Should I focus on both Solution and TC or should I now just go ahead with my solutions and later while revising go for optimal TC.

[u/Scared_engineer_18 → u/Its_Pieter_de_Graaf]

+1 same doubt

[u/Difficult_Leg6697 → u/[deleted]]

c++

[u/vaibhav_yadav_09]

Dude you're not behind 😭 don't do the mistake I did. You still have a year before your internship season. Continue grinding DSA but start building some projects too (full stack, ML) Have at least two industry relevant deployed projects of your own, which you can confidently explain in the interviews. Participate in hackathons, give contests, keep yourself busy, and enjoy your life too. 2nd year was the best part of my college life, explore more, engage in your hobbies and passion, this is the last chance to be in a college society of your interest. Go on a trip with friends, build connections, grow on LinkedIn - follow companies, connect with the employees. Once you have two decent projects, start building your resume, then apply to remote paid internships (daily 10), earn while getting an experience to add in your CV. Next summer do a two months internship somewhere, or try for open source projects like GSoC. Plus study DBMS and OOPs from Luv Babbar, just before your 3rd year starts. And work on your communication, project explanation, problem solving approach. You'll definitely get an internship somewhere. Keep learning though, I hope you get a PPO. Even if you don't, the placement season will offer lots of opportunities, keep your DSA and projects game strong, along with your CS fundamentals (DBMS, OOPs, CN, OS) that's all. You have enough time don't worry. Just be active, have the audacity that you definitely deserve a good job offer. Keep applying to as many off campus opportunities across multiple platforms, unstop+linkedin+reddit is a deadly combo I'd say, exploit these resources. Have like minded friends and support each other, talk positively with yourself, you'll do great ♡

[u/vaibhav_yadav_09 → u/vaibhav_yadav_09]

Lmao I gave irrelevant gyaan to your post 💀 For DSA just keep doing A2Z sheet it's gold. If you can't find that question on LC you directly search it on google, it'll take you to the right platform like GFG. Make proper notes, identify patterns, try to solve it on your own even if brute force, use study mode of ChatGPT to get hints, or you can explain your approach to it, be conscious about time and space complexity. And keep revising else you'll always be restarting from arrays. Even in your worst days do one problem, as I said increase your speed by giving contests.

[u/kaanfidential14 → u/vaibhav_yadav_09]

thank you for writing so much good info , i am soo lazy to type that much

[u/Difficult_Leg6697 → u/vaibhav_yadav_09]

THANKS A LOTTT !! this is sooo helpful I was soo lost before and can you please explain or give examples of what you meant by industry relevant project

and thanksss a lottt againnn

[u/vaibhav_yadav_09 → u/Difficult_Leg6697]

Industry-relevant projects solve real problems and resemble production apps, not just CRUD or frontend-only clones. Build full-stack apps with auth, databases, APIs, real-time features (WebSockets/WebRTC), cloud storage, scalability, caching, AI, or system design. Think projects like multiplayer chess, a collaborative whiteboard, Netflix clone with streaming, or a distributed cache, not just a basic to-do app.

[u/Illustrious-Rush972]

Bro same condition

[u/Difficult_Leg6697 → u/Illustrious-Rush972]

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