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Comment on Any college CS majors here? Any tips for one? in ~tech
Pieisawesome LinkYour best bet is to contribute to OSS. Once you have done a few tutorial apps, (don't copy and paste. Read what they write, then reproduce it without looking) you'll need something more...Your best bet is to contribute to OSS.
Once you have done a few tutorial apps, (don't copy and paste. Read what they write, then reproduce it without looking) you'll need something more challenging than that. Oss will give you something closer to the structure of working at a company and dealing with unknown or unfamiliar requirements and implementing them.
In general, for web, learn containers and kubernetes, helm, etc. From there, learn testing, CQRS, DDD, event driven, openApi/swagger
I've been a SWE for 12 years now and I've mentored dozens of engineers. Let me know if you have anything more specific
I'm confused, in the OP you said web development.
For java, learn how to build java thick apps (swing).
C++ you should do Arduino and RPI stuff, build embedded development stuff.
You could write a Linux kernel mod and build a virtual file system to hold doom files (I thinks it's a common project for uni students).
You can also write a driver for a virtual joystick or HID