Parikh Jain

College Students - Don’t get misguided by your seniors on these points :

1. CGPA will not matter -

It matters. Its not about 9.9 CGPA or something, but decent CGPA always shows sincerity. So keep it as much high as possible. Everybody studies during exams only and its not that much hard to maintain decent CGPA.

2. Participating In societies will help you in tech jobs-

For technical jobs, participating in societies or getting certificates is absolutely nothing. You may do it for personality development, becoming extrovert but never do it for certificates or thinking it will help you in cracking tech jobs.

3. You can crack any company by studying in 2-3 months-

Don’t fall in this trap. It takes lot of effort and hard work to crack any company. You need to do well in your college years to crack any decent company.

4. College projects can only be copied -

Honestly, college is the best time when you should invest your time in making really cool projects. Don't do mediocre things of getting copied projects. It's the best time for you to show some creativity. You will not get so much time for projects after college and you may regret it later.

Keep learning :)
#students #learning #tech

- Every Software engineer does not get a higher salary in starting. But are they not good software engineers?
- Is switching jobs the only way to go to higher packages? But if I keep switching jobs, then when would I learn?

- Work from home is good but is it hampering my growth?

- There is a lot of peer pressure to go abroad and earn more money?
Isn’t it difficult to leave family and leave abroad to just earn more money?

- I might be getting a good salary but I am not enjoying the work or my team doesn’t have enough work? What should I do?

These are some of the common questions faced by every software engineer.
And if we know the answers to all these questions earlier, we can grow a lot as software engineers with amazing decision making.

I have discussed all these points in a video with Raj Vikramaditya(Striver) . He has experience of working at companies like Google, Amazon and Directi and personally faced all the problems.

He has answered all the above questions beautifully.
Do check out the video in the first comment and would love to know the feedback if any.

#work #growth #softwareengineer #experience #google #money #amazon #workfromhome

“I am not able to solve DSA questions, can I crack a good job ?“

One of the most common doubt which students have in their college life is this.

To clear the air, DSA is indeed very important for Placements, especially if you are targetting big tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft or Google.

But what if you are not good at DSA ?
Here are few things which will help you in this case :

📍 Decent level of DSA is enough to become a great programmer. Solving 200-250 questions of linked list, arrays, stacks, queues, dp etc. is totally fine.

Understanding the approach is more important, even if you have solved these questions by seeing solutions.

📍 You don't need to be a competitive programmer to become a great web or app developer. Decent level of DSA will do the job

📍I have personally witnessed multiple people who are who are working in startups and killing it through development.

They are not that much great in dsa but amazing in development.

📍One thing more, never ignore DSA at all. Even if you are preparing for developer roles at startups. Because DSA forms the fundamental of development and decent knowledge is a must.

These were some tips from my side if you are not good at DSA but still want to make a career in software development.

You can add more points to this list through comment section.

Day 1 of programming was “Yaar ye toh bdi mushkil hai”

Day 10 of programming was “Yaar merse hogi bhi ki nhi coding?”

Day 20 of programming was “Ab chizen samajh aari hai”

Day 40 of programming was “Yaar ab toh mazza aara hai challenging problems me”

Day 80 of programming was “Ab mujhe college ka top coder banna hai”

Day 150 of programming was “Mamma, I cracked Amazon”

This was my programming journey from

Crying -> Trying -> Being one of the best Coders

↳ and cracking the Amazon on the first day of Campus Placements.

You are already in 5% when you arrive on Day 20 because most quit when it gets hard.

You are in 1% when you cross Day 150.

-> The key to sustaining the 150 days of mastering a skill is

“Show up the very next day when it gets difficult, even when you don’t want to”

You got the drill now.

Close LinkedIn now and get back to work.

Top 5 Checkboxes You Should Fill To Become A Software Engineer As A Fresher :

1. Great knowledge of data structures and algorithms in any one programming language.

2. Have a clean thought process while conveying the solutions.

3. At least one good project on a resume. It can be a website or app or a machine learning project. The deployed project will be a great plus.

4. Decent communication skills to be able to present your solutions and projects.

5. Decent knowledge of Operating Systems, DBMS and Computer Networks.

Good luck :)

#programming #softwareengineer #datastructures #algorithms

I delayed buying a new iPhone because I wanted to record few videos first and see the response on my youtube channel.

I have recorded only 2 videos uptil now and the response has been absolutely amazing :)

3k+ subscribers in almost 10 days with first video having over 15k+ views. 💕

This pushed me to buy a new iPhone to provide better video quality to all of you.

I will be more consistent way forward and will try to make more impactful content.
This is the first heavy investment I made towards my new youtube channel. Stay tuned. More amazing videos coming up.

If you have not checked out the channel yet, please find it in the first comment below :)

#investment #quality #video #content

Dream of every programmer is to use Macbook first time in their life❤️
It gives extreme happiness to deserve it after spending lot of hard work on windows laptop during college😃

Just sharing a memory of using it first time 5 years ago.

Amazing Perks Of Becoming A Software Engineer :

1. Learning curve is exponential: You will always be learning new skills like machine learning, web development etc. You may need to work on new technologies according to the requirements.

2. Well-paid job - Compared to other industries, software engineering work is much highly paid for freshers.

3. Best For Remote Work - Work From Home, Work From Goa, Work From Shimla doesn't matter. Only output matters.

4. Flexible timings - It's not a 9-5 job. If you are productive at nights, you can work at nights. If you are productive in the mornings, you can work in the mornings.

5. Highly Secured Job - It's the most demanding skill in the industry right now. If you are good at tech skills, you can get jobs anytime.

6. Work On Best Laptops - You use Macbooks, not for show off, but to actually do high scale development. You use the best laptop and make the best use out of it.

7. Impact Millions Of People - With few lines of code, you can solve the user's problems. You can create your own website or app and solve real-life problems.

These points will push you to work and study well to become a software engineer.

Good luck, And Keep Learning :)

Google products surround us all.

-> When I start working, the first thing I open is #GoogleChrome.

-> Then, I check all my emails on #GoogleGmail. ...

-> Then, I check all my today's meetings on #GoogleCalendar.

-> I attend all the meetings on #GoogleMeet.

-> I upload all crucial documents on #GoogleDrive.

-> Every work regarding sheets and docs is done on #GoogleDocs and #GoogleSheets.

-> When I am working, light background music is played on #GoogleYoutube.

-> And last but not least, whenever I want solutions, the first thing I do is #GoogleSearch.

Bhaukal Ho To Aisa Ho!

#workfromhome #google #work