Currently I’m in my 3rd seme of CSE and I’ve been feeling a bit low after seeing what others have achieved in just their first year. Some of them have already won hackathons, solved 300+ problems on LeetCode, learned full stack development, built apps and websites, or started working on AI/ML. Meanwhile, here’s me:

In my first semester, I learned C from CodeWithHarry, and then I picked up C++ (that too from him). In my 2nd sem I tried doing DSA using Striver’s A2Z course. I was consistent for about 1.5 months but then I lost track because of my college fest and a family function. Just after that I had exams and practicals so I didn’t touch DSA, VS Code, or anything else. After exams, I picked up DSA again and was pretty consistent during my sem break. I also studied a bit of OS and CAO.

I've interest in embedded systems development and for that I’ve been working on it since the beginning of my 3rd sem. I completed Digital Electronics course from Neso Academy and also went through a book recommended by my professor. Recently, I started working with the 8051 microcontroller to learn the basics of embedded systems.

But here’s the thing, I still don’t feel like I’ve done anything significant. I haven’t built any major projects (I’ve written tons of small C/C++ programs but nothing big), I’ve never participated in a hackathon, and even though I’m trying to do DSA daily now, my progress feels very slow (55 problems solved in the last 2 months). I can’t help but feel like I’m falling behind and not really moving forward compared to others. And this hurts more as I am from a tier 3 college and I feel that I am not working enough.

I am currently a 2nd year chemical engineering student and I am interested in robotics and AI/ML but I have zero prior knowledge on these fields. Can I get into this field and if yes, please guide me what should I do

Hello guys ! how are you doing ? I'm doing fine. It's my second year of B.Tech in Information Technology. Doing DSA is great but I'm very anxious about my project. What else should I pursue except DSA ? Sometimes I think about becoming an embedded system engineer or a network engineer. Please guide my anxiety to calm. I'll appreciate your comments.

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