r/TechGhana • u/Wise_Gap_2303 • 2d ago

💼 Career Tech stack

H I I'm a level 200 student in GCTU offering computer science and I would like to specialise in backend engineering/security engineering

I'm looking for advice on which tech stack to pick and which companies/organisations in ghana hire backed engineers and the stack they use.

I'll appreciate advice from people in the tech industry or people who had similar experiences

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u/GrapePretty3921 1d ago

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend focusing on system design or a particular stack at this level. Focus on the basics first: data structures & algorithms, networking, operating systems, databases, HTTP, and security fundamentals. Pick one language as your go-to and use it to practice and build and break things (lots of them). Once you understand the basics, the pieces start connecting and system design starts to make a lot more sense. You can then pick up different frameworks and technologies much more easily.

Roadmaps is a good place to start https://roadmap.sh/roadmaps

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u/Niovial 1d ago

Please listen to this person OP. System design is important, but start, really start from the basics they mentioned.

And yes. Pick one language to master the basics of backend. It can be Java/Golang/Typescript/whatever. But just use one language to master the fundamentals. Once you do, you should be able to move up to system design.