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6 months to Google. Is it possible? Yes,
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it is. If you put in the right
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dedication and determination, it is
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possible. In this video, I'm going to
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break down a 6 month road map for you to
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land a job at a big tech company. And
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not just Google. This is going to be
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applicable for any company that you're
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targeting. And so much has changed from
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2025 to 2024. The same thing that you
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did in 2024 is probably not going to
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help you land a job in 25. So, we're
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going to talk about what's changed in
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24, what's changed in 25, what remains
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the same, and what you can do to crack
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your big tech job. So, without further
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ado, let's dive right in. Standing a job
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in 2024 was very easy. All you had to do
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was go ahead and do your data
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structures, do your build some projects,
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random projects, don't integrate AI and
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that's enough. But in 2025, AI is
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everywhere and AI is changing so much.
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So we are going to talk about what you
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can do to get a job in 2025. This is
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going to be a six-month road map. And if
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even if you are a totally doomed coder.
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So what I mean is that you don't know
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anything about coding, you're probably
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in your college, you're even if you're
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in a third year, fourth year, it's not
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too late. 6 months is all it takes. So
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the key areas that we're going to focus
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on in this video is going to be DSA,
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system design, basic AI concepts,
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projects, and your resumeumé and job
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search. So I'm going to break these six
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or five things that you have to do to
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land a job and we're going to talk about
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that. So let's talk with month one. So
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month one is going to be your
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foundation, right? Let's call it the
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foundation month. In this foundation
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month, you're going to focus on choosing
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a programming language. It can be
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anything from Java to Python to C++. And
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then you're going to start learning the
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basic data structures and algorithms. So
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the basic data structures that you have
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to focus on in month one is going to be
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your arrays, strings, and stacks and
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cues. You don't need to know a lot about
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them. just focus on probably theory and
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solving a few easy tagged questions on
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lead code. So the platform that we are
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going to be focusing on is only going to
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be lead code. So just focus on easy
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tagged questions that are available in
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lead code and also learn about time and
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space complexity. So you need to know
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about bigo notations. What are the time
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and space complexities of some searching
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algorithms, sorting algorithms and that
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is what is going to be the focus of your
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month one. So month one what we have
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done is we have picked up a programming
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language. We have started doing data
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structures minimum things and we have
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also learned time and space complexity
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and what algorithms you're going to
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focus on is going to be searching and
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sorting algorithms. So try to focus on
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all the searching and sorting algorithms
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like bubble sort, counting sort, merge
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sort and you will also focus on
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searching algorithms which is going to
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be binary search, linear search, basic
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things. That's what we are going. So
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that is going to be month one. Month two
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now we are going a little bit deeper
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into data structures, algorithms at the
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same time we are going to introduce few
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basic AI concepts as well. So now
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talking about data structures algorithms
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in this particular month you're going to
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focus on link list you're going to focus
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on trees you're going to focus on graphs
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and you're also going to learn a bit of
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recursion and backtracking. So graphs
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you just need to know about what are
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some ways to represent graphs what are
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some common graph algorithms just focus
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just like the basic okay we're not
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taking a lot of load we taking it easy
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and so this month you're going to focus
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on your link list trees binary trees
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what are BSTs recursion backtracking
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you're also going to continue your focus
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on binary search but in this month
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you're going to learn concepts like
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binary search variations like binary
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search on answer and you're going to
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start solving lead code for medium
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tagged questions along with that we are
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going to introduce a bit of AI and ML
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now so in AI and ML you're going to
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learn about highle concepts like
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supervised learning unsupervised
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learning you're going to learn about the
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basic ML algorithms like linear
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regression logistic regression decision
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trees you're also going to learn a bit
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about introduction to neural networks so
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that is going to be everything about
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month two where we are focusing on core
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ESA plus AI fundamentals. Now we are
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going to move ahead and month three. So
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month three is going to be about
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advanced DSA. So in advanced DSA you're
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going to focus on graphs. You're going
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to learn about traversals. You're going
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to learn about searching algorithms.
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You're going to learn about shortest
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path algorithms. So shortest path
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algorithms are dystras and you can learn
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about BFS, DFS as well. You can learn
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about Prince algorithm, crus algorithm,
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DSUS. So we are going to focus a lot on
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these algorithms in the month three. So
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you're going to go into advanced DSA in
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this month and you're also going to
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start learning a lot more about dynamic
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programming. So in month two we focused
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on recursion and backtracking. Now we
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are moving ahead to dynamic programming.
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So in dynamic programming you're just
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going to learn basic memorization
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caching. That's all we are going to
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focus on. We're not going to go a bit
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deeper. And the other thing that you
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have to I have to say is that the only
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DSA platform that you're going to be
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using throughout this is going to be
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lead code geeks for geeks. That's it. So
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with that we are good with our DSA. Now
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what you're going to do is that you are
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going to continue your learning on AI
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right and little bit we going to start
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brainstorming on projects as well. You
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can join a hackathon or you can probably
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just talk to your friends. you can
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brainstorm on a few ideas that you want
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to solve using AI. So month three is
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also going to be about brainstorming
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project ideas. Now month four is going
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to be so in month three one more thing
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that I would like to include is system
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design. So this road map is actually for
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both experienced and inexperienced
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people as well. So if you are someone
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who's experienced you should include bit
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of system design as well. So in month
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three what you can do is you can
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introduce basic system design concepts
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like scalability, availability,
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reliability. You can also include other
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concepts like load balancing, caching,
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databases and just basic highle concepts
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you're going to introduce in month
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three. So month three is going to be all
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about your brainstorming projects,
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advanced DSA and system design basics.
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Now let's move ahead to month four. So
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month four is going to be focused on
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learning more about DSA. Now in DSA in
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month four you're going to start
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learning about a lot more advanced
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dynamic programming concepts like maybe
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maximum DP DP on grid. You're going to
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start learning about bit little bit
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about bit mask as well. You can learn
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about bit manipulation. Along with that
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we are going to be doing a deep dive on
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system design. Now so in for this is for
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experienced people. If you are a fresher
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or you are someone who's in college or
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probably I get messages in from LinkedIn
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from people who are also in the schools.
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So if you are someone who's in that
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level, you don't need to focus on system
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design. But you can still do it out of
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curiosity. But if you're someone who's
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experienced like you have one or two
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years of experience, you should focus on
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system design as well. So in system
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design you're going to start learning a
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lot more about how do you're going to
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deep dive into databases SQL NoSQL
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caching strategies message cues you are
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also going to start designing complex
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systems like probably social media feed
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recommendation systems so these are some
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things that you can start doing in your
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month four. So month four is going to be
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all about deep diving into system
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design, continuing your practice on DSA
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focus and in month four you're also
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going to start solving contest giving
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contest on platforms like lead code. So
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that is not a recommendation or that is
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not something that you have to do but
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it's something good for you. So start
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doing that start focusing on system
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design and start giving contests on lead
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code in month four. And now the other
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thing that you have to focus on is
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building projects. So in month four you
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are going to go ahead and start building
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your projects. Just focus on the core
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functionality. Just focus on having a
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skeleton website or app build and that
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is going to be your month four. So month
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four our focus is divided into three
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things which is continue our practice on
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DSA, learn more about system design,
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start practicing questions on system
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design. Again the second one is optional
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if you are experienced and the third is
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going to be continue building projects.
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So start building projects that means
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you are going to get at the coding part
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now. So that is all going to be for our
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month four. Month five is going to be
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about mock interviews, targeted practice
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and it's all going to be about just
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practice, practice, practice and
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including your project development. So
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in month four you're going to start
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giving focus on company specific
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questions that you want to target. So
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even for DSA and system design, whatever
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company that you're targeting, whatever
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company that you want to crack, start
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focusing on company specific questions.
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This is a trick that has helped me crack
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so many companies because any company
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that I wanted to interview at or any
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company that I wanted to like crack I
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would just focus on solving company
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specific interview questions. And I
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cannot tell you how important that is
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because each of the companies probably
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most of the times ask questions that are
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a variation of the previously asked
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questions itself. So focus on company
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specific prep whether it's for DSA or
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it's for your system design. Focusing on
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company specific is the questions is the
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only thing that you need to know. So
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pick up sites like lead code. Honestly
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I'm saying lead code a lot but it's the
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only site that I have used and it's
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worked so well for me. I have used other
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sites as well but I'm telling you that
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lead code is the best. So give contest
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on that. Practice company specific
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questions on that and lead code premium
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you probably don't have to take it.
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There are other variations out there. I
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probably shouldn't be telling you this
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but there are other variations where you
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can get free questions of lead code as
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well. So there's a site like lint code.
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Okay. Yeah. So lint code is a site. So
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you have to go ahead and you can
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probably find the premium questions for
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free on that site as well. So that is a
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site focus on that company specific
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questions. Give mock interviews. Mock
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interviews are so important because so
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many times you know exactly what is
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happening but you're not able to do that
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in the interviews. So you might be
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wondering why I'm able to do so well
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when no one's watching but when someone
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is watching I'm not able to perform that
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well. That's because there's nerves,
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there's anxiety and there's a lot of
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stress in the interviews. So mock
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interviews are that one thing that are
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going to help you. So now that is what
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you're going to do in month five. The
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other thing that you're going to do is
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start job searching. Now job search is
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not easy. It's very tough. What you're
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going to do is you're going to set up a
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LinkedIn profile. You are going to set
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up your GitHub profile as well. And
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whatever projects that you are working
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on, bring them to completion in month
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five. So month five, focus on practicing
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questions, giving mock interviews and
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completing your projects. Once your
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projects are done, have a proper readme.
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It should be deployed somewhere your it
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should be a functional project. So that
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is my number one tip for your projects
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that make sure it's hosted on GitHub.
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Make sure you have a GitHub profile set
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up. Add your project, add your code
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there and make sure that it's deployed
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somewhere where people can go ahead and
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try it. That's the number that's the
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only people focus on building so many
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projects and thinking about what is that
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one project that I should do. Don't do
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many projects but just do that two or
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three projects. Well, so just focus on
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doing those two three projects. Well, so
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what you're going to do is that have a
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readme, have it, it should be well
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documented, it should be deployed
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somewhere and your GitHub profile should
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be set up. So add your skills, whatever
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you're doing, add everything into your
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GitHub profile. So, GitHub profile, set
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up that, set up your LinkedIn profile,
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start applying to jobs, set up alerts on
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LinkedIn, reach out to recruiters and
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employees at working at the dream
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company, working at whatever company
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you're aiming for. And also start
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attending networking events. There are
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some events
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like GCI is one for girls and there are
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many other hackathons as well that
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companies hire from. So, start attending
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these events. start reaching out to
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recruiters because that is a great way
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to grab people's attention and to get
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companies to come to you. So in month
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five, you're going to be focused on your
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solving, completing your projects and
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start job searching. Now we are going to
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go ahead and talk about what you're
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going to do in month six. Month six is
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going to be fullon job search, final
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touches, final preparation. That's all
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you're going to do. So mock interviews,
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ask for employees, ask employees for
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mock interviews, reach out for
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referrals, apply to as many jobs as you
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can. Don't just get fixated on one
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company or I have seen so many people
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get fixated on I want to crack fang and
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I'm only going to aim for those fang
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companies. Honestly, any experience is
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better than no experience. So refine
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your resume. Make sure that your resume
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is ATS friendly. Include all of the
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projects that you worked on. Include
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your education, your experience. include
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all of the other skills like CGPA and
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any competitions or hackathons that
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you've participated in or you won. If
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you won then that's great but even if
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you didn't win include all of those
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participation as well even that matters.
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So in month six is going to be all about
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job search refining your skills
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fine-tuning and everything is going to
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be about mock interviews and practicing
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and applying as much as you can and that
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is going to be your six month road map
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to crack big tech in 2025. So that's it
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for the video. That was a six-month road
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map to crack big tech companies in 2025.
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That is the only thing that you need.
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Don't over complicate it. Don't get too
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fussy about it. And this is applicable
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for everyone. Whether you're experienced
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or you're inexperienced or you're
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probably just starting out or you think
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it's too late. 6 months of dedicated
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effort and motivation is all it takes to
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crack your DM company. And I will see
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you in the next one. If you like this
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video, like this video, subscribe to my
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channel, and share it with your friends
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and family. And comment what are some
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things that you didn't understand or
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what are some things you would like me
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to cover in my next videos. And I will
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see you in the next one. Bye-bye.
