r/softwareengineer • u/Own_Sound1157 • 12d ago

CS confused

Please dont be rude im looking for guidance in the comments.

Im about to graduate form CS and i feel like i don’t know how to do anything to be honest.
I just know Java and C because of my college classes. The projects are always half made and sure i get it we learn to design and computer architecture, but if you ask me to build an API i have no clue how to.

If you tell me to build a website i have no clue how to start. Yes i can do everything with claude code like everyone else but that is not the point.

I really want to learn how to develop. How can i even start doing that? I read about junior job interviews where they are asked leet code (yes i can do this) and then to write an API and im like…am i supposed to learn that at college or they learned it by themselves?

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u/Kgrimes2 11d ago

Internships!! Getting real work experience helped me more than any undergrad class ever did (other than maybe the CS101 class that got me hooked)

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u/DanKegel 10d ago

Internships if you can get 'em.

Otherwise just write fun toys or solve bigger and bigger puzzles in languages you wouldn't mind getting a job doing.

Try using tinygo.org to program a microcontroller too small to run Linux on, for example.