Dear seniors, As my first year came to an end and second year will start in few months could you please tell me what should I focus on in my second year like core sub , DSA , GATE , specific domain etc . I hope you all could give guidance and remove my confusion
Two best-paper finalists at CVPR entirely from Indian institutions (including NIT Rourkela), not sure if this has happened before. Huge congrats to all the authors!
@rvbabuiisc@val_iisc
Today, my first year of engineering officially ended.
Honestly, I feel like I could have done better.
If I could walk into college again as a first-year student, here's what I would do differently:
1. Find a path early.
Don't spend months overthinking. Try Python, web development, AI, editing, design, anything. Give each one a fair shot. The thing that genuinely interests you will keep pulling you back.
2. Build strong foundations.
Pick one language, C, Python, Java, anything and spend weeks understanding the basics properly. Strong foundations compound.
3. Learn skills outside tech.
Communication, writing, editing, marketing, networking, these skills are underrated and will help you no matter what career you choose. If you are reading this post on X then you are already doing it.
4. Learn less, but learn daily.
Some days you'll have no motivation. Open your laptop anyway. Consistency beats intensity more often than people think.
5. Don't make college your entire identity.
Study for exams, get decent grades, enjoy college life but spend time building skills outside the classroom too.
6. Learn independence.
Travel with friends, manage your own expenses, make decisions, make mistakes. You'll learn more than you expect.
7. Learn to save money.
Not every outing needs to be expensive. Financial discipline is a skill too.
8. Invest in yourself.
Improve your fitness, communication, confidence, fashion, whatever helps you become a better version of yourself.
9. Find your balance.
Attend classes, but also learn on your own. Some of my biggest lessons didn't come from a classroom.
10. Don't wait for permission to learn.
The internet has made knowledge accessible to everyone. If something interests you, start. Don't spend weeks wondering whether you're "ready."
The biggest lesson I learned this year:
Nobody has everything figured out.
Most of us are just trying things, making mistakes, changing directions, and hoping we're moving toward something meaningful.
If you're entering first year this year, don't focus on being perfect.
Focus on becoming 1% better every day.
Many of the features that are now part of modern C++ were actually available years earlier through the Boost C++ Libraries.
Boost C++ Libraries:
Boost acts as a community driven testing ground where developers design, implement, and refine new ideas before they become part of the C++ standard.
Several popular C++ features originated in Boost and were later adopted by the language. For example, smart pointers such as shared_ptr and weak_ptr were widely used in Boost long before they became part of the standard library.
When C++11 was released, std::shared_ptr and std::weak_ptr were introduced into the standard library, heavily inspired by their Boost counterparts. Other features like threads, regular expressions, and filesystem utilities followed a similar path from Boost to the C++ Standard Library.
Boost serves as an innovation lab for C++. Where new Ideas are tested.
@BlujAero just took India one step closer to making flying taxi a reality.
Just found out one of their founder was actually building rockets at @SkyrootA before he started building flying taxis.
i bet you one thing
you guess any one feature
that you want to have in any AI voice dictating tool
there's an 80% chance that blip already has it
this week we shipped Blip for iPhones, now we are everywhere
you just need one account and you can use blip across all 4 devices
every week we are shipping two features bcz the AI voice industry is moving very fast if you are not improving yourself then you are already deep fried
we are not here to rule or to eradicate Wispr Flow
we just want to create impact