I recently did a podcast (in Turkish) with my cousin who works as the software engineering department head of a company in Munich. In it, we also answered the following questions which were previously asked by my mentee, Nansy:
Question: Did he have to learn on his own or was his university knowledge sufficient?
Answer: You have to learn on your own too.
Question: How important is GPA really?
Answer: Not much if you don't plan to do graduate studies. If your GPA is not great, you have to be able to give reasons for it. Good reasons: Worked on my projects/hobbies, worked part time, traveled around the world. Bad reasons: Watched movies, played games.
Question: How can someone decide which area/language/framework to learn and focus on when there are so many?
Answer: Picking an industry/sector will narrow down the selection. Make sure that your computer engineering fundamentals like algorithms and data structures are sound.
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