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Introduction
Today we are sharing the journey of coding Bootcamp alumni, Vikas Singh. He is a Computer Science alumnus of Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College and has completed his bachelor’s in the year 2020. Below is the journey of learning at Career Camp, India’s most loved online coding Bootcamp.
Coding Journey
Though he started coding in the year 2017 but only started taking it seriously in the year 2019. “At the time of my B. Tech admission, I was not familiar with coding or computers at all. I joined Coding Ninjas in January 2020 after I came across its 9-month long Career Camp program,” he said.
During the time of his second semester, he learned coding for the first time and eventually started learning various programming languages like C to solve basic coding, web development, PHP, and others to commence making his web projects. However, he informs that he lacked discipline and execution abilities while learning these languages.
“In January 2021, I got 2-3 on-campus offers. However, I was not confident about taking them up because my core concepts and portfolio weren’t very self satisfactory,” added Singh.
To begin with, he learned Data Structures followed by web development in which he covered both frontend and backend development. It was after learning these languages at Coding Ninjas that I confidently made 3-4 projects, started giving job interviews, and even got selected.
Later, I felt that I needed to create more high-quality and programming language-rich projects and that is when I came to know about the Career Camp Programme from one of my friends.
“I opted for Career Camp to understand coding and web development in a disciplined manner and grab better employment opportunities. Also, I liked the fact that it’s a zero upfront fee program that allows the students to get placed first and then pay,” he apprised.
Interview Experience at Dailyhunt
According to Singh, his interview at Dailyhunt comprised five rounds.
- The first round was a coding assessment which consisted of two coding questions on trees and arrays each.
- The second round was related to both coding and web development. In the coding round, the interviewer asked me questions about hash and tries; followed by questions related to NodeJS, how the front end works, ways to secure your data, execution of javascript, and I/O non-blocking.
- The third round was related to coding and computers. In the coding round, I was asked to solve a question on Dynamic Programming and to run an online IDE under some given test cases. Further, I was questioned on topics like OS, DBMS, databases, difference b/w thread, and processes.
- The fourth round was with the director of the company. It was a little bit technical, more about my thoughts about the company.
- The fifth and final round was the HR round which was mostly related to my career vision, achievements, and my KRA at the company.
Features of Online Coding Bootcamp
The registration for the June 2021 batch of Career Camp, an online coding Bootcamp is open and a student can register for the entrance test on the website. Meanwhile below are some features of Coding Ninjas’ Career Camp, India’s most loved online coding Bootcamp.
Coding Classes & Live Webinars by Expert Faculty:
Our faculty is from the best institutes around the world such as IIT Delhi, Stanford, and more. They also have work experience in tech giants like Amazon, Facebook, Adobe which makes them exceptional.
Pay When You Land A Job:
Students are given a period of 10 days to pay the lump sum (complete amount) after getting a job offer. If a student chooses to pay through instalments they can pay as per the plan devised by our finance partner with zero interest.
No Security Deposit/No Registration Fee:
There is no registration fee required to be paid by the students when they appear for the entrance test.
Zero Upfront Cost:
In the case of our Hack Plan, Students have an option to either pay a lump sum or in instalments for upto three years. They will have to sign the deferred payment agreement for the Hack plan. Once they are placed they will be expected to pay 15% of their CTC for the next three years
12 Mock Interviews with Industry Experts:
1:1 Mock interviews with industry stalwarts to groom you for your dream job. There will be 12 such sessions focusing on both tech & interpersonal skills.
1:1 Domain Expert Sessions:
Get industry insights & tips from our 1:1 domain expert sessions. There will be 15 such sessions helping you gain depth of knowledge in topics of your interest.
Work On Live Projects & Participate in Hackathons:
Our expert faculty will guide you in building live projects giving you additional talking points in your interviews. Participate in our exclusive hackathons & coding contests to test your skills against your peers.
Dedicated Placement Support:
Internship & placement opportunities are tailormade for your profile. A dedicated placement team for resume building, soft skills grooming to ensure you get your dream job.
Live Doubt Resolution via Audio/Video Call:
Solve your doubts instantly on live chat, audio/video call with a dedicated TA. The TA’s are the top-performing alumni dedicated to supporting and clear doubts at any point in time.
21 Months’ Access To All Course Videos & Questions Asked In Interviews:
Gain access to all course-specific videos curated by our expert faculty and solve questions on various programming topics frequently asked in the interviews of reputed product-based companies.
Projects
Below is a detailed list of some projects that have been developed by Singh himself.
- Web Scraping
- Feature: In this project, if you put tags like education, school etc., it will fetch the latest articles related to that school from medium.com.
- Bookstore
- Feature: Made with the help of using IndexedDB and ReactJS to store the data, a user can search any book and rate it.
Conclusion
Singh believes that had he not been a coder, he would have been a sure-shot mechanical engineer. However, currently, he is working on honing his web development skills to excel in his current role as a software engineer at the Dailyhunt.
