👋🏻 Everyone,

In this blog, sharing the first-year experiences of college life.

• I have opted for a dual-sharing room in the college hostel. During the first few days of my college, I had no clue about {what to do, when to do, where, how to do, why} to do?
• So my daily routine in the college was to attend the lectures, make notes, and revise those concepts in the evening (if possible) in the hostel.
• I didn’t spend my time in an e-learning course or anything else because I didn’t have any sort of knowledge about the same. Literally, I didn’t know about the following apps during the first year of my engineering:

Apps Name: Quora, Medium, TechCrunch, LinkedIn, Podcasts, etc.

• Literally, I was involved only in studies (learning only those things that have been taught in lectures), so my own contribution to learning new technologies and ideas was almost zero during the first year of my engineering.

In the end, the result was like this:

Learnings/Advice:

• Percentage/GPA does matter during the screening round of interviews when you apply for a job (either off-campus or on-campus). So do try to maintain a percentage above 75% to avoid any sort of rejection in the screening round on the basis of percentage.
• But again, the percentage only comes into the picture for screening. Afterward, everyone is standing in the same queue for the job. So after the screening round, technical knowledge and problem-solving skills are taken into consideration, without any consideration for the percentage criteria.

Do’s:

• Ask yourself a question:

  • Whether you literally want to make a career in engineering/doctor or any other profession. If yes, then it is awesome; otherwise, please reiterate your passions and try to mold your career towards your passion rather than someone else’s passion.

• Strive to learn something new each and every day:

  • It doesn’t mean your studies; it can be anything from entertainment news, technical news, finance news, etc., based on your interests. Just remind yourself:

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

• Irrespective of the branch of engineering or other profession, please do connect with technology as soon as possible. Examples: During the first day of college, you should start using apps such as Quora, Medium, Blogs, Podcasts, LinkedIn, etc., and avoid social media if possible (or restrict it to a specific time period only, e.g., 1-2 hours).

No one will help you achieve your goals; everyone will guide you. Please keep this in mind. At last, you are the only one who will be working to convert your dreams into reality.

• Start using educational websites and enroll yourself in some online courses based on your interests. Examples include FreeCodeCamp, Coursera, Udemy, Udacity, Cybrary, LinuxAcademy, Kaggle, Inc, YourStory, W3Schools, Bugcrowd, etc.
• Reward yourself by going to malls, amusement parks, etc., for achieving a goal. For example: Plan an adventure trip with your friends after you have finished a target of 3 courses along with their implementation (if it is related to the computer science field, etc.).
• Try to talk with your guardians at least once a day.
• Find a source of internal motivation for yourself and restrict a specific part of the day for that source of motivation. (Example: Someone gets internal motivation by talking with parents, someone gets it by listening to songs (ritual, old songs, or new songs)).

Don’t:

• Everyone is capable enough to decide the things (or activities) that one should avoid.

Have a nice day!!!

Thanks for spending your precious time reading the post. Do me a favor, if possible: if any of my connections have stories/experiences to share with their fellows, please share them. It helps a lot for other members to avoid mistakes that have already been committed by us.

Thanks & Regards,
B@kul Gupt@