r/Btechtards

I just completed reading atomic habits and there is a quote by james clear which goes like:
“You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”

I won’t explain much try to figure it out and understand it, and keep grinding. I was once grinding to get a job, and 3 months back I got one (Full Stack). Although the package is not that good, at least it started. I see juniors posting here about stuffs, guys please listen to me as an elder brother’s suggestion start being happy and don’t overcomplicate things. The more you keep yourself happy, the more you attract positive things. Doubting yourself and stressing over placements or whatever won’t get you anywhere. I wanted to talk about a lot of things, but I’ll try to reply in the comments if you have any doubts regarding career and life. I’m not a coach neither a therapist , I’m 23 but I’ve seen things. If you’ve read till here, thank you for your time, man, I appreciate it. Also, just believe in hard work.

Koi bhagwan ke bharose mat rehna yaar, woh naukri nahi lagwayenge.

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placements are still ongoing, will expect a placement around 80% ish for cs and cs allied, and 70s for electronics and mech by the time placements are over.

as highest in CS core is 57, highest in cs allied is 35-40 so the median is also similar and a bit lower than the average, not much inflated.

These are the companies that gave the highest total offers:

1. Honeywell → 22 offers
2. Deutsche Bank → 18 offers
3. HSBC → 16 offers
4. Societe Generale → 14 offers
5. Boeing → 13 offers (tie with Genpact & Qualcomm, but Boeing has higher presence overall in top range)

👉 Close contenders:

• Genpact (13)

• Qualcomm (13)

• SAP (16 total across roles but split hiring)

  Top 5 Companies (by CTC)

1. Meesho → 57 LPA
2. Microsoft → 53 LPA
3. Samsung Research → 48 LPA
4. Arcesium → 45 LPA
5. Auxia → 40 LPA

👉 Very close:

• Quince → 39 LPA
• Texas Instruments → 37 LPA
• Razorpay → 35 LPA
• Nvidia → 34.3 LPA
• Bitgo → 33 LPA

i was sitting in my room today looking at a small piece of art i made, and it hit me how much of our lives here is just consumption. We wake up, grind through acads, attending the classes just for the sake of attendance doing actually nothing in the class but scrolling consuming brainrot, and the moment we get a break, we again fall into the trap of scrolling be it eating food, pooping or before sleeping. We’ve become professional consumers. We consume lectures notes and tuts to get a good grade no matter if you actually have interest in learning that course and then some people consume alcohol, drugs and chemical compounds to get that high but we end up doing nothing. Only a few amongst us hardly make SOMETHING NEW in the name of projects, writing papers, even they are mostly copies of already existing projects. The creative side in us is literally dying. I feel like we’re slowly turning into machines. That natural side of us that wants to create, ideate build, paint, sketch, or even just tinker with something physical is being traded for a higher CGPA or a better placement. But at what cost? I feel like my brain is actually rotting from the lack of creation, WE(HUMANS) ARE CREATORS, IF ALL WE DO IS CONSUME, WE OUGHT TO FALL.

Don't you think 2 hours given to creating something your own, making art pieces maybe showing off your creativity makes you feel far better than 2 hrs given to scrolling reels? Why is it so hard for us to just take a breath and make something? don't you think doing something creative is really cool, would you actually like to pick up your hobby again? are people really human enough to think and create or are we just becoming another model like claude code writing codes for companies?

I’m a BTech 2nd year student and after a lot of overthinking, I’ve finally decided to properly start DSA for placements. It’s not like I’m completely new - I know the basics - but I’ve never been consistent or structured with it. I also want to start LeetCode, but I have a few doubts:

1. I’m confused between Java and C++ for DSA. A lot of people say Java is better long-term, but C++ is better for problem solving and contests. Since I’ll basically be starting fresh, which one should I go for?

2. Is there any solid DSA roadmap/cheat sheet that actually helps with placements? Like topic-wise questions or something structured. Would really appreciate links.

3. Should I start LeetCode right now as a beginner, or build problem-solving skills elsewhere first? If not LeetCode, what platforms would you recommend?

Any advice would help. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m 22 F , kerala , final-year ECE (2026 batch) at a tier-3 college

Profile: 10th – 95%, 12th – 99.8%, CGPA – 7.7. I also took a drop year earlier.

I’ve been placed in TCS (Ninja role), but I’m confused about my next step.

Should I prepare for GATE (M.Tech) or CAT (MBA)? Which would be a better option long-term considering my background?

Would really appreciate honest advice.

The Mess situation at NIT Rourkela Hostels has been pathetic since day 1. Everyday, cases of insects being found in food, stale veggies being cooked and pathetic food quality were faced by us, the students everyday.

Recently, they started using substandard water, to make "Pakhala", "Lemonade" and similar watery stuff in the past few weeks. A number of diarrhea and similar type of cases, like stomach issues, nausea, etc have been reported at the health centre.

Itne complaints, college official group par rant ke baad bhi ye hamari na sunte. The Hostel admins are dumb enough not to listen to our comments. Uske baad jab mess waalon ke kharab paani use karne ke karan bacchon ke sehat bigad rahe, here's there response.

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Unke hisaab se, we are responsible for their flaws. They expect us to buy chlorine solution to disinfect water, like then why the hell are we paying them the fees for? How do we eat freshly cooked food, if they provide us with food items that are terribly bullshit? I have my own friends and seniors, having serious health issues, and are throwing up because of the bullshit they serve, and now they come up with this notice? Inme accountability naam ki koi chiz bhi nahi hai.

Some more messages for reference, sorry I'm not used to reddit, and dunno how to add multiple screenshots, so here are some texts -

These are the responses I gathered from my own friends. Ik its hard to believe, but any nit rkl student who has seen these before will understand that these are genuine stuff, so NIT guys back me up in this -

"I had suffered from critical diarrhea and Vomiting for 2 days...and holiday tha toh shaam ko Health centre band tha...fir Bahar hospital jaake apne paiso se admit hoke Saline leke aaya hu...wo bhi lamba line lagke itni kharab halath m.... seriously kya chal rha h college m !!!!!!"

"Mera ulcer bhi usiki wajah se hua, like h pylori bacteria kuchh detect hua which created ulcer...mai last 1.5 yr saal se pura suffer kar rhi hun yahan"

These messages are enough to show the pathetic situation of the mess facilities in our college. I wish to be anonymous, but I request all of you to bring this post up to the masses, so that our problems might be resolved.

Can multiple users for example 3 people use Strivers sheet at the same time cuz we thought of buying together.

I am currently in 2nd sem and literally don't know shit about data structures. My semester exams are about a month to go and I am really concerned because the questions would be asked in c language and there is no good course on YouTube... please suggest me any good course for dsa in c whether it be on YouTube or on paid platform