Biker10

I feel lost

Hello guys, I did alot of DSA in my college time (Tier 3 college), I got the highest marks in my DSA sem exams in my class and my professor was impressed with me, I gave leetcode contests, learned DSA from YT and so on.

I got placed in a decent company with a 7.5 LPA package (while my best friend, who hardly knew DSA got a SDET role in a startup with 40 LPA), now after 2 years my pacakge is 10 LPA, I want to switch to a better company with good pay, I restarted practising DSA again but everytime I get stuck in some question and not able to solve it, it feels like I am wasting my time.

While in my job, I learned Angular, TypeScript and frontend dev (which interests me more than DSA, but I am too lazy to make my own side projects)

what should I do? should I stick on to DSA even though sometimes I just feel like I am wasting my time solving some random question which doesn’t justify anything about me? or beat my laziness and make some side projects with the frontend skills that I have?

any advice would help me. Thanks in advance.

7mo ago

RamRahim_X_RadheMaa

Walmart7mo

Brother first and foremost, refrain from comparing yourself to others as it can hinder your personal growth and lead to dissatisfaction, regardless of any achievements.

Secondly, emphasize the significance of Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), as they play a crucial role in job interviews and in your learnings too. Quality product companies prioritize DSA over framework-specific knowledge.

Additionally, engaging in side projects can enhance your resume and contribute to your overall learning experience but you cant ignore DSA.

Don't go for hard problems, start with easy and medium only. Better start with blind 75 on leetcode as a warm up.

Biker10

Chubb7mo

Currently I am doing neetcode 150 as a revision (solving only easy and medium problems), after that I plan to start giving contests again in leetcode. Is this approach right ? and can you please give me a strategy that I should follow or you followed when you got stuck in some question (that is when I feel like giving up this shit).

RamRahim_X_RadheMaa

Walmart7mo

I'd say don't stuck in a question for quite long. Spend some time(depends on how much time you are left with) and if still you are not able to solve it see the solution and then try to do by your own. But just don't cram..! Learn the approach...!