What I Would Do If I Started in a Tier-3 College Again(God forbid)

(Don't read this if your girlfriend is rich or your father is Elon musk )

*6 LPA is the dream package of a tier 3 student. The highest in my college was 2.7 LPA, almost the same as my monthly salary.

Most tier-3 colleges give you shit placements. Mine gave no placements which was better in my opinion.

Waiting until fourth year to figure out how to get out of that tier 3 hell is a very shit plan.

I knew this during college and implemented my own plan (less shittier plan) pretty well.

In my third year, I had a full-time job while my college lab was teaching me how to write a while loop.

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So, if you are stuck in college, here are my two cents that can help you make a dollar In your beautiful tier 3 lovely college

Start with small things.

1. Pick a tech stack and start with small projects you can finish and show.

2. Put them somewhere people can find them and it should have a shareable link that you can send on demand. For example : You cold DM someone and they ask for proof of work and then if you have a shareable link on demand so you won’t have to find what’s worth sharing at that moment.

3. Start a Twitter account and post what you are learning.

4. Create a LinkedIn and start posting your progress if you want.

5. Join groups where developers share jobs, hackathons, and events.

6. Message people whose work you respect, even if you have nothing impressive to offer yet (an early connection goes a long)

It's all a connection game.

> Join a lot of Twitter, WhatsApp, and Telegram groups related to tech with people that have similar interests.

I joined WhatsApp groups while I was still confused about what I wanted to do. People shared hackathons, events, job openings, and technical conversations that had nothing to do with me at the time.

Once upon a time, someone told me that if you don't know what to do, do everything.

Those social media groups started making a lot more sense in second and third year. I knew which hackathons were happening, where the events were, and who was building something interesting.

These groups reduced my dependence on college. I did not need the placement cell or a teacher to tell me what was happening in tech outside my college.

So what should you do ?!

Join early and read. Ask questions when you have them. After people see your name enough, starting a conversation will feel easier. The same thing works on Twitter or any other social media platform, or even at in-person things.

January 2024 was the first time I texted Shubham bhai.

DM’d him asking how to write better posts, javascript tips, uhm iykyk.

we instantly became friends somehow. I was a complete noob and had nothing to offer.

College and career rarely sleep on the same bed (in a tier 3 college)

***The dream of completing 12th, getting into college, and then getting a good job after college is a very outdated dream.

***You need to play smart here if you want to get out of this hellhole.

• Understand the attendance rules.

• Submit the work that affects your grade.

• Distribute the work for the writing assignment to other people. I used to pay school kids to write my assignments. I was not making much at that time, but the time I was saving was a lot, and I was investing it in other things.

• Prepare enough to clear exams.

• Talk to your teachers so that they know what you are doing, and try to impress them.

• Attend hackathons and events.

I used to be in college from 9 to 4. I carried my laptop and And used to work in whatever free time I had.

Four out of six teachers did not mind me working on my own stuff. I coded during labs when they allowed it. During my 45-minute commute to college I read articles, watched videos, planned projects, wrote posts, or handled reel ideas in third year when I started my Instagram page.

https://instagram.com/technerdpeter

I often used to finish my small tasks and did two to three hours of coding before reaching home.

You should talk to your teachers too. Tell them what you are working on. Some will understand and give you room. Arguing with the hard ass teachers would have wasted my more time, so I just followed their rules whenever necessary.

I don't know what to learn

So what you have to do in your first year is try every fucking thing you possibly can.

Try:

• Social media

• Making videos on the internet

• Twitter

• Coding

• Frontend

• Backend

• HTML

• Design

• Marketing

• Writing

• Building random products

• Literally anything you have access to

I know some of you have limitations when it comes to money, laptops, where you live, or what opportunities you have access to. But within those limitations, try as many things as you possibly can.

The goal in your first year shouldn’t be to become the best at one thing. It should be to figure out what you’re naturally good at, what you actually enjoy doing, and what you’re willing to spend the next few years getting really good at.

You can’t figure that out without trying shit first.

Do what you like (This is the most important point)

If you are in a tier 3 college and you are thinking about preparing for GATE or any other master's degree as an escape or career re-route then you might be making a mistake.

You failed JEE, got admission somewhere you did not want, and now a good GATE rank or a master's degree looks like a good step to redeem yourself.

I almost fell into this trap

I prepared for GATE for three months. I wanted a good rank, a better college this time and The validation that comes with a good college. My parents wanted Me to choose that path too

I never enjoyed the preparation But the idea of a good college felt nice.

But it was not worth it, so I dropped it.

GATE makes sense for someone who wants the work and the opportunities after it. I was using it to escape my current college and repair the disappointment of JEE.

If the result is the only part you like, the preparation will eventually expose it.

I kept returning to writing code, making videos, and building things. Those were the activities I could continue after the excitement disappeared.

Finish the degree without depending on it.

I still wanted to finish my degree.

My attendance was garbage. My internal marks were worse. College stopped me from sitting some exams, and I had to clear them through externals.

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Learn the rules, keep enough attendance, submit what counts, and clear the exams. The degree still removes friction in India.

Spend the rest of your time building proof, posting your work, meeting people, and finding opportunities outside campus.

Final Message

Now let’s come to the final section. Some of you might say this is just another grind slop post you have written, where you are asking people to grind, grind, grind.

The thing you have to understand is that if you are in a Tier 3 college, if you don’t fix things now, it’s only going to get worse.

Life after Tier 3 college is worse than life in a Tier 3 college.

You have two options: either work hard or hard work for the rest of your life.