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TCS is struggling to fill 80,000 open positions due to a skills gap. It’s extremely hard to find bright engineers with exceptional coding skills at 3.6 LPA package. 🙂

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Today my cab driver was Software Engineer from Wipro. 🥹 He drives cab on weekends and sometimes before office (mostly on airport route), and had paid all the EMIs of the car with this part time job.

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My college topper got 3.5 LPA job at TCS. Me on other hand with 7.1 GPA got 12 LPA in product based. 🥲 He only focused on semester subjects and teaching girls. I on other hand focused on Codechef and geeksforgeeks.

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Scam in Bengaluru starts with: “Bhaiya hindi aati hai” If you ever come across someone saying this, don’t fall for their tragic story, it’s a lie. Just walk away.

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9am to 6pm Office and 8pm to 10pm DSA and Leetcode. DSA is Must

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Kidney Touching Story. I'm crying 😭

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Tips for college 2nd year students: 1. Take DBMS, Maths, Data Structures seriously. 2. Start solving topic wise DSA problems. 3. Don’t waste your time in college societies like mess or cultural society etc. 4. Choose your roommate wisely. 5. Learn Web Development or Machine

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TCS freshers salary in 2018: 3 LPA* TCS freshers salary in 2024: 3.5 LPA* Petrol price in 2018: 70rs Petrol price in 2024: 102 rs College fees in 2018: 8 Lakhs* College fees in 2024: 18 Lakhs* *approximately

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9am to 6pm Office and 8pm to 10pm DSA and Leetcode. DSA is Must

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Tips for college freshers: 1. Have lots of fun. 2. Start with C++ or Java. 3. Take mathematics seriously. 4. Learn HTML, CSS and Javascript. 5. If possible start DSA from YouTube. 6. Play at-least one sports. 7. Don’t fell into serious relationship trap. 8. Follow me.

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Do you know why Microsoft Windows had BSOD outage globally? Because SDE-I and SDE-ll at @Microsoft are busy selling courses rather than fixing the bugs. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Daily one question of DSA, keeps the interview stress away. DSA is Must.

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Tips for college Final year students: 1. Start revising the subjects like OS, CN, DBMS, and DSA. 2. Prepare short goto notes on important topics from all these subjects. 3. Attend classes only to meet the attendance criteria. 4. Decide what's next and prepare accordingly

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It’s Friday, means less office load and More Time for DSA and LeetCode. I always solve DSA problem in copy first before coding. DSA is Must.

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Tips for college 3rd-year students: 1. Best time to start LeetCode and start solving topic-wise DSA problems. 2. Take Algorithms, CN, and OS subjects seriously. 3. Make short notes of the previous year's subjects like DBMS, Maths, and Data Structures for a quick recap. 4. If

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Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are likely to leave India permanently and they are not the first case, most rich people do this. Forget rich, most Indian politicians' kids are settled or studying out of India. Even for the treatment of any disease, politicians/rich people prefer

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Interviewer: Sort an array of 0s, 1s and 2s. ME: First I will sort the array using Bubble sort and then ... Interviewer: My grandma runs faster than your code.

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Somedays, I really wanna quit my job, delete my LeetCode account, move to hills in a small little cottage and grow & sell fresh vegetables.

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Coding is a Skill. And developing this skill requires time, patience, and repetition. Every time you code, you improve this skill (bit by bit). So keep coding! You are doing great! 😇

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Full-Stack Developer till 2020 means you know: - HTML - CSS - JavaScript - PHP Full-Stack Developer now means you can: - Build Frontend - Build Backend - Handle DevOps - Performance Testing - Design OS - Create YouTube videos - Design Graphic - Handle SEO - Program

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Normal People: I changed a light bulb. LinkedIn Influencers: Today I single-handedly managed the successful upgrade and deployment of new environmental illumination system with zero cost overruns and zero safety incidents.

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It took me 1hr 13 min to solve this problem. In between I thought of giving up, but just one more attempt and it was Accepted. ✅ DSA & LeetCode is Must 💯

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It’s hard to solve LeetCode everyday especially if you are working professional. Managed to solve 1 problem today after 2 days. DSA is Must

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How to stay consistent on LeetCode? 1. Set daily DSA question goal. 2. Turn off your phone. 3. Kill all other distractions and sit on your desk. 4. Only have pen, copy and laptop on the desk. 5. Don't do anything else until daily goal is achieved. 6. Repeat everyday.

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Do you know why Microsoft Windows, Teams etc, have so many bugs? Because SDE-I and SDE-ll at Microsoft are busy selling courses rather than fixing the bugs. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Tips for College Freshers: 1. Have lots of fun. 2. Start with C++, Java or python. 3. Take mathematics seriously. 4. Learn HTML, CSS and Javascript. 5. If you already know programming then you can start with DSA from YouTube. 6. Play at-least one sports. 7. Don’t fell into

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A real developer never buys iCloud or Google Photos subscription. They upload (commit) all their photos to GitHub for FREE. 😂

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Corporate politics, work pressure, family responsibilities, layoff fear etc, made me realise: Those heavy school bags were the lightest burden we ever carried.

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Brilliant and innovative communication by @letsblinkit If you place an order from hospital, you will see this msg on Blinkit UI: "We noticed your order is from a hospital. Sending you and your dear ones our warmest wishes 🙏" Small gestures like this increases the customer

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Macbook air is the best laptop for coding, learning DSA and LeetCode. It’s one of my best investment. If you have budget, my honest advice is to go for air.

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Work so hard that you don't have to think twice before buying anything. Do what you love, so that working hard feels like playing your favorite sport.

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I wasted my almost 3 college years in drinking, because I was held up in the bad circle. And I regret it. Thank god, I had a good senior who pulled me out of that circle, and I was able to focus on coding & got a job. Fast forward to 5 years: 1. I don’t drink and smoke. 2. I

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For cracking a coding interview requires: 1. 60% DSA 📚 2. 30% System Design ⚒️ 3. 10% Luck 🙏🏻

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This LinkedIn influencer puts himself as an investor for every stock he owns.

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Condition in India is, no matter what your stream is 11th and 12th, everyone is trying to get into CSE or AI branch for B-Tech. According to industry estimates, every year 15 lakh engineers graduates in India. And 80% of them try for IT related jobs. But, only 3% graduates land

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DSA vs Web Development? I would say focus on both. Web development will teach you lots of practical things like DNS, port number, ssl protocol, Rest API and much more. But DSA will build your problem solving skills. Also, assume you are applying for web development roles

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Layoffs are not slowing down. This year has already seen 1,04,000 job cuts across 360 companies till now. Today itself UKG laid off 2200 employees, OpenText laid off 1200 employees. What’s worst is some companies are even hiring bouncers to escort laid off employees, and

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Bhaiya/Didi after getting into FAANG

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These 10 topics are most asked in Coding Interviews at Top Tech Companies: 1. Two pointers 2. Sliding Window 3. Fast & Slow pointer 4. Top K elements 5. BFS 6. DFS 7. Backtracking 8. Monotonic Stack 9. Dynamic Programming 10. Heap (Priority Queue)

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In the gym, the weight doesn't get easier to lift, you get stronger. Similarly in LeetCode, questions don't get easier, with practice you become better at solving them. Sunday == LeetCode day

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Developers during hackathon: We build this entire scalable application in just 2 days. Developers during normal days: It will take 3 weeks to add that logo.

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I don’t understand why people buy DSA courses. DSA is literally part of your syllabus and there are thousands of free resources, YouTubers teaching them. If you want to practice DSA questions based on a particular company even that filter is available for free. Moreover

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Programming habit you should adopt - 1. Don't repeat yourself 🔁 2. Code everyday 🧑🏻‍💻 3. Never stop learning 📚 4. Think twice code once 💭 5. Fix it now, not later 🛠️ 6. Ask for help 🧑🏻‍🏫 7. Try to make less errors 🔬 8. Help others 🙋🏻‍♂️ 9. Learn the art of ChatGPT prompting🤖

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DSA or Web Development for College Students? In 1st & 2nd year, you can work on web dev. It will help you to learn things like AWS, Protocols, DNS, IP address, etc + you'll get projects for resume. But dedicate the 3rd and entire 4th year to DSA and revising core CS subjects.

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@Ankush_ry007 Oops sorry 😢 I thought atleast 30k hike would be there considering the inflation.

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@saurabhyadavz Bro earning millions while we ate preparing for DSA to get into zepto

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I solve LeetCode problems daily, and here is what I learned 👇 1. Focus on Advanced Topics: DP, Binary Search, Graphs, Trees, & Priority Queue. 2. Try to stick to a medium problem for at least 30 mins. 3. Be disciplined with it. 4. Don’t compare your journey to someone else.

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Somedays, I really wanna quit my job, delete my LeetCode account, move to hills in a small little cottage and grow & sell fresh vegetables. 🧑🏻‍💻❌ 🔜 👨‍🌾✅

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Friends from my school 🏫 who used to think I was dumb and stupid, are asking me for career advice. I love how the tables have turned.

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Ambani’s spent “5000 Crore which is 0.5% of their net worth” in the wedding. Meanwhile my parents spent “100% of their wealth + Loan amount” in theirs daughter’s wedding, and still guests left unsatisfied. 🥹

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You will never be fully prepared for a job interview. There will always be something that you haven’t prepared. So, Just be confident and go for it.

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I generally try to solve at-least 2 (Medium/Hard) LeetCode problems during weekends, because in weekdays I don’t get time. DSA is Must. 💯

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Interviewers rarely expect you to invent new algorithms. They almost always test your understanding & skills to apply the algorithms you've studied. So, whatever algorithms (array, DP, search/sort, DFS/BFS, greedy, etc) you learned at school are usually used to solve questions.

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Unpaid internship is a scam. It’s a complete waste of time.

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What was your First programming language? Mine: C

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There are students in every college who distracts other students during placement time or exam time and then study themselves, just to increase their chances of doing better. Well to all those people, college is just a small pond. Come to real world, it’s a big fu**ing ocean.

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Job market is really bad. Consider yourself very fortunate if you have a job.

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Do you struggle to solve LeetCode Questions on your Own? Here's a flowchart that can help you in problem identification and figuring out the data structure or algorithm that should be used. It suggests different algorithms and data structures based on the type of input and its

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Popular Data Structure with their Time Complexity. This will be helpful in interviews.

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@___110010100___ Agreed. Even basic amenities price is increasing faster than TCS salary. My friend had 7lpa package at TCS after 4 years, and was the only guy with full knowledge of that project. He got a counter offer of 18 LPA. Forget matching it, TCS was not ready to increase his CTC

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I don’t understand how all these school and college students are able to party late night, and afford latest iPhone, expensive drinks, bikes, branded clothes etc. When I was in school I had to ride cycle and in college used my father’s phone and clothes from Vishal mega mart. 😪

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There are many bhaiya and didi’s teaching DSA and telling how important they are, but no is talking about System Design. System Design and LLD is equally important, especially if you are applying for an experienced role. In-short: Don’t Skip System Design & LLD. P.S. Soon I

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⚠️Scam Alert ⚠️ Today my father received a call from a scammer claiming he is a cop they have arrested (his son) me with my friends for an allegation of Rape and we are in custody. They were demanding 70k to let me go free or there will be a court case. My father called me

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This is the Best resume format I've seen so far. This resume format gives you a Job guarantee. It has an ATS SCORE of 200/100 and if you apply with this resume, you don't even need to give the interview. You will be selected directly for whatever roles you want. To get it:

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This is so true 😭

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Cheap dopamine is everywhere to distract you 🙄🤳🏽 Here are 6 tips to Improve Productivity and become 10x Developer 🧘🏻‍♂️: - Don't multitask 🎯 - Do the hardest thing first 👷‍♂️ - Mute notifications 📵 - Keep workspace clean 👨‍💻 - Stay hydrated 🥛 - Get quality sleep 🛌 Good luck 💯

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The scam is: A family consisting of a man, kids, and wife carrying a backpack will come to you randomly on the public street and ask "Bhaiya, Do you know Hindi?". If you say yes, they will tell you a fake narrative of how a contractor brought them to Bengaluru and didn't pay

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HTML is the only Language with Zero Haters.

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@darshan221b What’s next? - Separate visa for Karnataka - Separate Currency - Karnataka embassy - Penalties for speaking Hindi - Lagaan for North Indians - Language test for Karnataka colleges.

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Algorithms and Their Everyday Uses I have seen many people saying: “Interviewers ask only DSA, but where do we use them in real life?” Here’s the answer to this question 👇🏻

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@tiwaaary Why many Hindu girls are dating/marrying Muslim guys even after so many recent incidents? I asked my muslim friend what if her sister date a Hindu guy? He replied: Not possible. We don’t allow that. Consequences will be bad. Then, why the other way around?

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More than 25,000 job seekers showed up for walk-in job interview with Rs 20,000 salary in Mumbai. This is concerning. Unemployment is rapidly rising in India. But no news channel will cover this. Media and public both are only interested in Hindu-Muslim, and Ambani’s wedding.

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What’s next? - Separate visa for Karnataka - Separate Currency - Karnataka embassy - Penalties on speaking Hindi - Lagaan for North Indians - Language test for Karnataka colleges.

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It’s okay to get stuck at a DSA problem and look for solution. Everyone does this. Just make sure, when you are looking for solution, you are understanding the concept behind it, not just cramming the code. Also, revisit the problem after a week and now try on your own.

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Time Complexity explained O(N) vs O(1)

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Normal People: India won the T20 World Cup 🏆. Let’s celebrate. LinkedIn Influencers: What a proud moment for India as we won the T24 World Cup! Here are 100 corporate lessons one could draw from this win blah blah ….

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How much time to spend on one DSA/Leetcode problem? 1. For Easy problems 30 mins. 2. For Medium problems 45 mins. 3. For Hard problems hour. 4. If close to the solution spend extra 15 mins. 5. If still stuck, check the solution, watch videos, and revisit it after a week.

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I don’t understand how all these school and college students are able to party late night, afford latest iPhone pro models, expensive drinks, expensive bikes, branded clothes etc. When I was in school I had to ride cycle, be at home anyhow by 7 pm and in college, I used my

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Things I like about Bangalore: 1. Empty roads. 2. Cheaper Rent. 3. Best metro connectivity. 4. Low Cost Of Living. 5. World class Road infrastructure. 6. No water crisis. 7. Free Parking space everywhere. 8. Free education. 9. No language barrier. 10. Airport is very close to

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7 Reasons why you never hear back after applying for LinkedIn Jobs: 1. The job posting might be old. 2. Even if you reach out to recruiters directly they won't get back generally, because their inbox is flooded with messages. 3. Some companies only create job postings but never

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Level sabke niklenge, Par niklenge uske to LeetCode karta rahega. 😇

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@your_ragha Bro. Let him earn more. You don’t know what’s his family situation is. Let’s not put harm on anyone.

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Technical Interviews Explained: 1. Previous Company or Projects (freshers) -> CV Selection 2. Leetcode & CS Concepts -> Screening and Coding Round 3. Low Level Design and System Design -> Technical Rounds / Hiring Manager 4. Lying -> Hr Round Negotiations

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Being a developer means you have to be flexible to learn any Programming Language or Technology in the least time possible. The tech stack popular now might not be relevant in the coming years.

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The best apps I have ever developed: 1. Hello World 2. Test App 3. Untitled Project

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What was your First programming language? Mine: C

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Hi! I'm looking to #Connect with people who are interested in: 🌐 Web Development 🎨 FrontEnd 🚨 Backend 💹 React 🕵️Java 🎖️ Internship 🤖DSA 🦏 Javascript ✅ Development 🏗️ Building online 🚀UI/UX 📂 Open Source 💻 Computer science 💼 Freelancing Follow back to all

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I have been a software engineer for like 4.5 years now and sometimes I still have to google: “how to append int to a string in C++” 🥹

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Friends from my school 🏫 who used to think I was dumb and stupid, are asking me for career advice. I love how the tables have turned.

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@Lotus2051 In Bangalore the delivery person earns more than the TCS employees.

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OLA saved 100 crore they used to spend every year on google maps by moving completely to their in house OLA maps! @Olacabs is a classic example of how you can save tons of company cost by utilising your engineers and not by laying them off.

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I am going to play this melodious bhajan in my wedding. 😍 #AmbaniFamilyWedding

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Journey from an Alcohol Addict ➡️ Software Engineer I was an alcohol addict, wasted 3 years in drinking, partying and hookups. But thanks to my roommate, in final year focused on GPA, coding, DSA, and did lots of problem at geeksforgeeks and bagged 12lpa as fresher in 2020.

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If India 🇮🇳 wins today, I will propose my GF🥹 #INDvSAFinal

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Your Company Doesn’t Care About You. Let me clarify: There are people within your organisation who genuinely care about you, but the company itself does not. A company has only one motive: To Make Money. So, don’t make career decisions based on loyalty to a business.

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@saurabhyadavz I am trying to get out of India. I have asked my brother to go for masters from germany. No point in staying here.

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How to propose a programmer? Tell her: In the array of my love you are at index [0].

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Simple, clear, readable code is the hardest code to write.

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If you are from India, I won't recommend you to drop out of your college. Considering the Indian education system you will get a plethora of time in your college years to work on your side hustle & learn DSA, etc. Also, majority of Tech Companies require a degree too.

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