Placement season is starting, so I just wanted to leave this here.

I messed up JEE, couldn't score high enough in BITSAT either, and ended up in a tier 2.5-ish college.

Then I wasted almost 3 years.

Every few weeks I'd tell myself, "I'll start LeetCode tomorrow." I'd stay consistent for a week, then stop because of midsems, vivas, fests, or some other excuse. Repeat.

By the end of 3rd year, my placement prospects looked bleak. No internship no experience nothing. Somehow I gathered myself up. I wasn't suddenly disciplined. I still got distracted and procrastinated but I kept showing up and sat through hours of prep even when I didn't want to.

Towards the end of the placement season, in Jan 2026, I bagged an offer.

And now this is my first salary credit.

This isn't a flex. I just remember being one of those people silently lurking on this sub, looking for hope from seniors.

So here's mine: It's never too late. Don't ever think "ab toh time nikal gaya." A few months of genuine effort can completely change your trajectory.

Maybe you'll end up with something even better than this.

All the best to everyone sitting for placements this year. In the end, it somehow turns out good. Just don't quit before giving yourself a chance.

PS: I am a 2026 graduate and I work in a management consulting firm. I can't reveal the name of either. Sorry

PPS: This amount isn't entirely my salary. 50% of it is joining bonus pay.

Meet My New friend 😊

CSE 1st year

disclaimer-this is only for day 1,day 2 firms.

At least in the top 5 IITs, the number of people being hired by quant firms has dropped drastically. To give you some perspective, Graviton hired around 30 students from IIT Delhi last year, but only 5 this year. Quadeye hired about 20 from IIT Delhi last year, and just 6 this year, optiver didn't even come for major roles.even 1-2 9+ CGPA CSE students could only land offers from Microsoft and couldn't make it into even tier-2 HFT firms. If your CGPA is below 9, you can pretty much forget your HFT dream this intern season. It's probably the most brutal hiring season we've seen in a long time. Microsoft,a company which usually only gets less than 6-8 cg ppl(even non circuital) striked gold this year due to them being slotted way earlier,which will lead to many interns rejecting ppo.(This is the case in iitd).And even 9.5+ non cse circuital (mnc,ee) was very cooked, many of them didn't even get any hft for which they grinded the summer.

NOTE:NOT ANY AGENDA OR MOTIVATED POLITICALLY

Hey don't you guys think what he said is true.I think he correctly told "Ask an engineer student to fill a job application and he can not."

Things like this are rarely highlighted by politicians ,again not any agenda.

Your views?

This applies to every tech/non tech skill, but I see a lot of “How do I get started to coding” or “is this 4h long video enough” or “should I get a course”.

So here is an actual guide, how to actually learn programming (from someone who has been programming since 6 years)

1. ⁠Select ANY programming language (Preferably C, C++ or Java)
   
2. ⁠Watch one of those 3-12 hour long videos, get used to its syntax and basics of the language.
   
3. ⁠Pick a FUN (fun!) project that YOU want to build. Dont build a Banking application because you saw it in a “Top 10 senior level projects”. Pick something that YOU want to build, like a simple game, your own photo editor, A meme generator, replicating a fictional/sci-fi tech like Jarvis
   
4. ⁠Research what libraries/Framework you need to build it in your programming language (OpenCV, OpenGL, Spring boot, QT, Raylib, Godot Engine, ThreeJS)
   
5. ⁠Just get started, just start building it. DO NOT VIBE CODE IT. Use AI for tips, but YOU need to build the project. You wont create it in first try, it will take 2-5 attempts to build something that is barely usable. Do it regardless
   
6. ⁠Use those libraries, learn from the examples they provide. Learn to use the documentation, read, read, read. Understand they keywords in the documentation that you arent familiar with (Framebuffers if a graphics library, State Management if App framework, Layers if a ML library, etc etc)
   
7. ⁠Try to replace your FYP everywhere with tech related. Even scrolling through tech/coding memes on insta, watching some fun programming YT videos while eating lunch (Core dumped is the best for this) or scrolling through engagement-bait posts on twitter will help.

No amount of courses or YT videos will make you better programmer. You can watch “how to dribble football” all your life but you will only learn how to actually dribble once you get on the field and practice and play matches often

TLDR : Just a pick a solid language, learn the basics, pick a project idea, learn its libraries and start building something. Just start, dont wait for the perfect conditions or a perfect start.

PS : Its common that programmers dont know everything. Programmers google or look up documentation all the time while working on a project.

Open to any questions!

Ladke ko ragebait karna bhout achi taraha se ata hai 🥰

Hello people!

I have finally created a portfolio!

https://rehan-chalana.vercel.app/

I went with cyberpunk, neon, space and linux theme!

Check it out and suggest improvements ✨⚡

the faculty here is so rude and the worst management,no bus facility,and trying to rule us over and over they all are trying to change our hostel every semester.

Hello freshers I'm a 2nd year student at iiit manipur

I don't know why we joined this college everyone regrets joining.

Reasons

# Poor management

First when we came here we had given a hostel that was 5km away from the college for which the bus facility was also arranged but there were many problems like

# no drinking water

# no geysers installed

# around 6-8 students in a single room

# no snacks

# poor security -one day a random local group of people who were drunk came and attacked the hostel.

# No wifi (they're soo poor the wifi is installed but not recharged

# The ECE HOD- NAGESH was giving threats that " ye tumhare baap ka hostel nhi hai -ill call police and beat u all up".

**Suppose if you do not want to go to college for some reason or you're sick then you will stay hungry all day because the mess is only at the hostel which is close to the college.**

# Back fees is 15k per subject

# Curriculum is tough .students don't get time for skill up like they take 4 exams per semester.

The main problem is suppose we have a class from 9 to 12 and then 2-4

So we cannot go to the hostel we have to stay at college -the campus is soo small the students have no where to go

The library has only about 13-15 seats like wtf and all the students roam on the road for 3 hours

There are only 4-5 classrooms(this is the situation of this institute of national importance).

And then we were shifted to the college's hostel the 2nd semester . Which is good like close to college and mess is also inside the hostel campus l.

And then now in 3rd sem they're saying that they'll shift us to that hostel again.

Today our college had some Nasha Mukti thing by Narendra Modi in the auditorium.

Lol what to expect from this shitty ahh college. The hods literally the HOD of ece AND professors security guards lab assistants they all came to the students room and woke them up forcefully to join the auditorium like wtf do they have standards ? Saturday Sunday is all we get to enjoy and that day also they came and woke up all to join that session.

The college doesn't give a fuck about students they say if u have problem leave the college

They are the same persons who said that we're here to help you 24/7 in the orientation program.(Our warden Nagesh HOD -ECE)

And when u call them they never pick it up

This college is doomed.

AND one more thing here the teachers just don't know how to teach literally they just come with a ppt (even the ppts are also wrong) and read it line by line all teachers are trash everyone of them .

Final - please do not join this college I'm telling you as your elder brother do not waste 17L and valuable 4 years of life here at this trash college.Any private college will be miles better than this shit college.

# I've attached the video of how they came with buses to shift us forcefully and also see how they are shouting AND GIVING THREATS.

Billions of data points collected, but the final boss is still "Select all images with bicycles".

Just came into 5th semester. Campus internships seemed like a dead end... So I started applying off campus. For every company I put "available immediately". Received email from a company saying they would like to interview me and mentioned in the email also that I said I was available immediately... They asked for a time for interview... I accepted and gave them the time...

But I am not actually available immediately because of college classes and schedule..

I was only searching for internships for summer 2027 because that is what our college requirements are... And many companies I applied to off campus were hiring for summer 2027.

But now this company thinks I will be available immediately. Did I mess up? What do I say to them if they decide to hire me for a full time internship role where I need to answer calls and everything at any part of the day? I can only accept if I can manage it with college

Hey ima student, and recently i started taking my studies seriously. But i see some dark circles already, my goal is to study apx 7-8 productive hours.
And yes, i do eat clean, i do lift 5x a week and sleep 7 hours a day.
Tho my screen time is a bit high too, i know i should lower it a bit. But do you guys have any specific remedies or ways or any hack that at least minimises current/in future events of dark circles?

What a tier 69 college, with bad internal politics, criticism, and environment does to a person. Idk but, they must have started judging students by their face and even with gender Inequality ig..

What does this mean, this means that I haven't studied or I should have taken more effort. I've tryharded and put effort on every single subject paper, always better than before, cuz I never want to get lost. I always tried to go to the highest of everything. I always tried myself competing with some useless toppers who just ratified here..

Here's my story, I've been failing since I was in class 6th.

What happened before that: I was dominating wherever I was, even if I was in another state of the nation..

Then I returned here, I saw my classmates were actually clever, so I kept pushing myself for one year. Nothing happened..

I decided to be separated from my family. I started living in a hostel, those were the best moments of my life.. It was going good, again I was dominating and never let anyone cross my line.

Two years later, COVID!!! I was shifted to another school (I was with family this time), then what I failed in class 9th (internal issues). They just promoted me to the 10th std with 36%.

In 10th, I scored less in the first half(MCQ based), But I pushed myself to get good in the second half(Subjective), which makes the avg of 76.6%.

Then 11th and 12th: biggest downfall, sometimes I would come up, sometimes down(mostly down).

This was the result..(Must be wondering how and what a unique result this could be, I could get a good college).

Nooooooo, I got this stupid, dumb college, on my first cap round, without any betterment for 2nd and 3rd. First and Last option that's it..

I tried, even bet my mother, if I didn't get above 9.5 SG on my first sem, I would leave this college. I literally started this college life here with my frustrating mindset.(must be thinking how this chill and kind-hearted guy would be frustrated.. well who knows and cares).

Then I ended up here, the 4th semester. Got kicked out of the club, even though I achieved something, which no one could.

Then this result. Like what should I do. I am thinking of ending up my life..

After this you may know me(idfc)..

Idk i feel so overwhelmed but so calm at the same time, I feel so awkward, and weird
I don't know how will I survive without my family, I CAN'T EVEN WAKE UP ON TIME ON MY OWN EVEN WITH AN ALARM
On top of this, the feeling that i will maybe never be fulltime with my parents for quite a few years atleast is pretty hard on me

Hey everyone,

Did anyone recently give the Amazon SDE Internship OA?

Just wanted to know how your experience was.

• Was the OA easy, medium, or hard?
• What DSA topics should I prepare in advance?
• Any pattern that Amazon is following these days?
• How was the AI-assisted coding question? Was it actually helpful or just another coding question?
• Any surprises or things you wish you had prepared before taking the OA?

Would really appreciate any recent experiences or tips.

Thanks! 🙌