PrancingDumpling
PrancingDumpling

Journey from career break >3 yrs to sde role

I graduated in 2021 . I was preparing for civil services exam right from 2nd year. And continued to do till 2023 . In early 2024 I decided i have to move on.

Started doing codeforces , Leetcode reached 1800 rating on CF in dec.

DSA is sorted , also made few small weekends projects. Things to do in 2025 1)make 2 solid project 2)LLD 3)HLD Hoping to get intern / full time position by June /July 2025.

2024 was very tough for me (global minima ) till now . Will update my status after 6 month again and share my detailed journey how I made it once I get any offer .

5mo ago
Talking product sense with Ridhi
9 min AI interview5 questions
Round 1 by Grapevine
JumpyQuokka
JumpyQuokka

Focus on Dev more. It's hard to get calls without it. You've done enough DSA don't over index on it.

SillyDumpling
SillyDumpling

All the best

PrancingDumpling
PrancingDumpling

Any advice/suggestions are welcome!

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