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Second Year

Second year is where you start to specialise: data structures and algorithms in earnest, your first project that isn't a tutorial clone, and learning how to learn a new technology on your own.

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Beginner to Intermediate7-9 hours5 stops

By second year, fundamentals should be settling in and it's time to build. The two skills that matter most now are DSA and self-directed learning.

1 Data Structures & Algorithms: How to Actually Start Guide · intermediate
A sane starting point for DSA that avoids the two common traps — grinding problems with no understanding, and drowning in theory with no practice — plus the order to learn topics in.
2 How to Learn a New Technology on Your Own Guide · beginner
The single most valuable skill in a fast-moving field: teaching yourself a new tool or language without a course. A repeatable method that beats aimless tutorial-hopping.
3 Your First Real Project (Not a Tutorial Clone) Lab · intermediate
A structured lab for building your first project that's genuinely yours — not a copied tutorial — scoped small enough to actually finish, and set up so it doubles as portfolio material.
4 Choosing a Track: Web, Data, Systems, or Something Else Career Advice · beginner
How to start specializing without panicking about a permanent decision — a low-pressure way to explore tracks like web, data, and systems, and why your first choice isn't a life sentence.
5 What Is a CI/CD Pipeline, Really Guide · beginner
CI/CD explained without the buzzwords — what continuous integration and continuous deployment actually automate, and what a real pipeline looks like end to end.

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