How I learned to code in 3 months and cracked Google and Amazon

🤝 DSA CHANNEL - / @devashhad
How I learned to code in 3 months and received offers from Google and Amazon.
On April 5th 2019 I was rejected from the last on campus internship that I applied to, and on April 25th 2022 I started working as a Software engineer at Google after quitting my job at Amazon as an SDE1. And today I want to talk about how I went from almost no knowledge of coding to working at companies like Google and Amazon and I did it with just 3 months of preparation and I didn’t have any internships or fancy projects or hackathons. I am also going to share what worked for me so you don’t have to go make the same mistakes that I did in getting your dream job. I’ll also share the 3 most important things that you need to do to get any job.
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[@sagar_bakshi]

It's not 3 months, it's 3 years of practice bro.

[@arymansharma2841]

I don't know why people say ,,,,,,3 months,,,,

[@SAINIDE]

​@@arymansharma2841 clickbait 😉😉

[@dneerajaksha]

😂😂

[@priyanshusharma9201]

Edit krlena chaihey isse title - "How i learnt coding and cracked google in 3 hours"

[@ashutoshagrawal3331]

@Sagar Bakshi exactly

[@shashankemani1609]

amazing that you pointed out all the mistakes you made at every point of your journey and its inspiring. Thank you!

[@shree3434]

for intership/placement 1.pick language c++ or Java if you want to do cp pick c++ because 90% people in cp do in c++ 2.learn DSA 3.solve questions on geeks for geeks and leetcode 4.learn web development/app development/etc and build projects (2-3) 5.learn concepts (OS,DBMS,CN,OOPS) 6.learn system design 7.if you have time solve cp on codechef or codeforces 8.revise every things regularly because if forgotten then have to learn from start

[@samad8906]

thx fam

[@theretrotv3947]

What is cp?

[@_vk03]

Python me oops ke concept nhi the. This is the dumbest thing i have heard.. 🤣🤣😍

[@TppJay]

@@_vk03han bisi mai bhi shock hogya tha sun kar 😂

[@nidaalam6584]

Hi shree! Thanks for help but I do have another question can we connect over some other medium to communicate further bcz I'm planning to apply for placement at Google but have some more questions

[@saikiran8947]

"No knowledge in coding" Do you mean that by studying 2year C++ in 11 and 12th and four years of software engineering It's like I use to swim in local wells but suddenly I started to swim in pools also and here I learned how to swim in one week with no knowledge of swimming in pools. it's impossible for an individual to be at least well-known in one of the basics of language who never had a computer class in their schools and colleges streams.

[@stranger-rk1up]

college dont give a f to codings and they only teach us upar uparse

[@ko-Daegu]

@@stranger-rk1up this maybe your Uni But he might be a different story regardless being introduced to it for years = he at least studied himself

[@stranger-rk1up]

@@ko-Daegu i see

[@manishnegi6927]

they are just selling their videos to us here no need or intension to help buddy

[@vaibhavrajput6084]

colleges do not prepare you for these things, they only follow their bullshit curriculum which is good for nothing , you have to study on your own.

[@arumaakadalamudhan.t9900]

This content is worth watching for sure especially for students struggling where to start or whether they're going in the right direction to achieve their goals, ultimately to land in their dream job.

[@aakashchandrav]

You are so helpful brother! 🎉 I'm an Electronics engineer 4th yr right now. And it is so much like a boost..... 🎉🎉🎉

[@Ritu_Chakraborty]

If you're from CSE background and pretty much knowledge about what to learn. You can prepare in 3months... But for non CSE background it's very hard to crack in 3months. Because they just started their journey

[@_sayandas]

I'm doing programming and CS since class 9 but still I'm not confident about certain concepts 😂

[@rajlucka939]

He did more than 3 months, trust me.

[@harshith86]

There is no shortcut to any success.

[@shinchan1._.]

Then it would take atleast 2- 3 years

[@buddhadebbairagi2022]

@@_sayandas and what are those concepts, can you please specify here?

[@phoenix_king3463]

Congratulations for your success man , true inspiration!

[@qasidali6245]

Your journey motivates me to learn new things as well as practice your work. Practice makes a man perfect. Thanks for sharing :)

[@iamashhad]

Hope you liked the video, stay tuned for more such content.

[@akankshatyagi8796]

Congratulations!! Ur hardwork pays back to You,True inspiration Bro@@

[@Magaly78]

Thanks for the video! I learned a lot :)

[@crowel57]

I came here because I thought I was going to be calling BS on some "cheat" you found to get into Google and Amazon. But instead, I found you actually telling people how to be good software engineers. This is great advice, but they're not hacks. What you're describing is your journey from being a programmer/coder to becoming a software engineer. Nicely done, both, on the video and on your journey.

[@AYuvatejaKasukurthi]

Bro your journey is really inspiring,can you please tell me what r the problems you faced while solving DSA problems and how you resolved them

[@sarveshsharma9411]

amazing video man. Keep going your channel has huge growth potential.

[@iamashhad]

Appreciate it!

[@kutekiaan786]

All the best bro... Keep learning keep growing And keep sharing God bless🙏💯👍

[@014-edugusrikanth3]

Bro your journey was amazing It boosts my expectations

[@guptasumit794]

This guys journey is like 6 years long and he wrote 3 months wtf

[@paras451]

Chutiya bnaya tumko

[@shivamexplainer1122]

Really true

[@ravikumar516360]

Awesome journey. Impressive. I see lot of confidence in you, while talking.

[@user-zk5zu3ip4d]

Thank you so much bro.....This video genuinely gave a clear image on how to start coding💌

[@parthyadav9732]

Damn! Worked like a charm! Thank you soooo much!

[@jvedarutvija7517]

thank you so much for making this video. This gives confidence to those who are still at zero level. You explained everything in simple way. Thanks a lott bro.

[@amanlamba5262]

Bro your journey is really inspiring 🙌

[@iamashhad]

Thank you :) and stay tuned

[@parthsalat]

Mistake 1: Not studying DSA Mistake 2: Not practicing enough Mistake 3: Targeting only a few companies

[@lorddemiurge2905]

Mistake 1: rating dsa highly over things like development

[@parthsalat]

@@lorddemiurge2905 If you are living in India, then you'll have very low salary package. If you live outside India, I agree with you.

[@palashagrawal2343]

​@@parthsalat completely agreed as companies here they more dive into the DSA. No matter u have good project, u would be selected for sure on DSA only.

[@sandeeepkiran1130]

Thank you. Saved 11 mins

[@ko-Daegu]

@@palashagrawal2343 cuz it does matter a lot Anyone can pickup a lib or framework not that hard Problem solving intuition is something else & it does show how well u practiced Ins Ans ours of a framework is pretty easy mostly e memorization

[@nitinkasingh]

exactly what we have to learn and what need to aware of things while preparing.

[@siderealdeveloper4954]

Wonderful bro I didn't feel to skip any part while watching your video and I learnt 2-3things that I was wondering and now clear... congratulations 👏🎉

[@iamashhad]

Glad I could be helpful :)

[@viralverified2724]

@@iamashhad please share your DS strategy and important algos to practice

[@gagankhatri3312]

@@iamashhad Hi, I am also almost at the same point after your 2nd year got ended back in 2018 Its 2022 for me I was kind of depressed / i won't be able to make it But this masterpiece of yours motivated me to get Back to the Work

[@masarathzaidi2495]

Really helpful and insightful too, i am currently at the DSA stage...but can you recommend some projects that can be done around cloud related technologies.

[@_-6912]

All the best for the future career Ashhad!

[@muhammadmusharaf4705]

Thank you for telling about your journey 🙌🏻. It will help a lot.

[@soorajsbhat1361]

Thank you so much sir for sharing your experience with us. This helps us.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🔥🔥🔥😍😍😍

[@iamashhad]

Hope you liked the video, stay tuned for more such content.

[@beastgaming-mw5hq]

I'm literally freaking out after this video because I don't believe in myself that I can do this all but I will thanks to you

[@parthsalat]

Thanks for the insightful video!

[@siddharthraychaudhuri7250]

"I studied software engineering and also how I learned coding in 3 months!"....nice clickbait!

[@skoopic197]

You start the video by saying how you went to google within three month with no coding experience. then you say I already know coding from 11th!! 😅

[@akshaysingh548]

Hi Ashhad, thanks for the inspirational video. I have one doubt, can you explain what is you learning/practicing process for DSA and Competitive programming, I'm solving problems for couple of months on leetcode and I'm creating notes with every new problem I'm tackling and that's taking a bit of time, so should i create proper notes or just solve the questions and write few lines about the problem? I'd appreciate if you could help me on this.

[@youcan_sprules]

Thank you.. it means a lot and very informative about what all things to learn

[@EnglsihCommByNawaz]

Informative as well as motivated!

[@geeky_partha]

Inspirational ❤️ And the quality of the video is outstanding 😍

[@iamashhad]

Thank you so much 😀. Stay tuned for more such content.

[@sarav-Frontend_Engineer]

Congratulations 😊 I don't think that easy and can think of the lot of efforts you would have put to achieve this. Would like to see more videos from you about Google so subscribing now, thanks for the video.

[@vimleshkumarkanaujiya]

Bro, you taught us truthfully. Love you 🥳. Peace be upon you.

[@huzaifashahid4859]

You just earned a subscriber. Facing the same situation rn. Hopefully I will do better in future

[@qwarlock4126]

Congratulations! I am sure you will be a star there with your infectious enthusiasm! I have been coding for years. But, Google has always been a goal of mine. I hope sometime to be good enough to make it there.

[@akshar108]

Nice to see your dedication towards learning. 👏👏👏. Can you please share links that you described in video it will be a great help.

[@bigDaddy-pg9il]

bro be coding c++ since school yet didnt know what a vector was. Reliable video indeed. Thanks!

[@aartijadhav2846]

O my god I was really having so much doubts in my head and you cleared all of them thank you so much ❤

[@surajharilalyadav7534]

What a journey bro so ups and downs it's too tough how did u manage great yaar

[@HeyAsif]

*just saw your first video* it's really helpful & to the point *This is what I'm looking for* *New Subscriber added* 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@iamashhad]

Stay tuned for more videos

[@HeyAsif]

@@iamashhad _Sure I'll😊_

[@anirbanduttagupta3630]

Great job!! Wish you all the best ahead👍👍

[@dewangpatil4990]

One of the most relatable videos ever seen...... I am still in that failing stage

[@Miss_Informative02]

Loved your journey ☺️

[@iamashhad]

Thank you and stay tuned for more such videos

[@Miss_Informative02]

@@iamashhad yes sir

[@afaquejaya2524]

Thank you for sharing your journey its really inspiring ❤️

[@VishnuVardhan-bd4cz]

You worked hard man 🔥.

[@CSR_devadharshini]

It is like a motivation to us . Thank you so much for uploading.

[@sarthakkharade7112]

learnt soo much, soooo many insights dude through this small video, thanks a lot ashhad sir, i've just passed my 12th and about to enter my degree college, all the knowledge you've given here has given me a whole lot of perspective on how i'm gonna go on my programming journey, thanks a lot for this video🔥🙏

[@afrozanjum5086]

Every second of this video is worth it, really inspiring:)

[@shalinijha7636]

Great explanation. Thank you

[@Product25012]

A great thanks for this experience :-)

[@gotechakash]

You're video, 📹 content making skills are amazing!! You're story is inspiring. If possible please do a video on profitably, available fields... Yeah, yes 😄 other than coding. What else options, fields we've so that we'll get as high a coding person.

[@swapniltaware9965]

Tu 11th and 12th me coding krta tha fir software engineering ki aur phir '''''sirf''''' 3 months me coding sikh ke google and amazon crack ki ...... U r an inspiration dude.👏

[@sohaibalam786]

U must have read the basics already... Its just 3 months u practiced rigoursily and given a huge hope to me.

[@leekhnna9808]

Bro, thanks for sharing , I got some confidence now , my placement season going start this July ....

[@r2-thefactstar896]

It is really inspiring for all engineering students.Thank you for made this video .This is the biggest mistake that everybody do.

[@luqman.t3134]

GLAD TO KNOW that a person can learn coding without any degree. Internet is a big blessing ❤️ Subscribed! 🤝🏻

[@rohankhavale8011]

Thank you so much you really help me to boost my confidence

[@RuralLivingstyle]

This is the video i always wanted to watch 👍

[@gauravojha5527]

Hey, watched the video. loved the interaction bhai. i wanna ask if any of the sources helped you with the questions that were going to be asked by the companies or was the practice of some topics like DS&ALGO was enough. i'd appreciate if you share the basic idea of questions asked.

[@saurabhKumar-wo5rm]

Bro I am currently learning DSA So should I have to do DSA sheets for question or from where ?

[@iamashhad]

Leetcode is the best resource right now.

[@saurabhKumar-wo5rm]

@@iamashhad so how many questions should I do on each topic ?

[@PT-vv7et]

hello sir , My 6th semester is ending now , i have learn ds and algo for gate exam and i am currently implementing ds algorithm but i want to learn machine learning. Then what should i do? in how much month it will take to learn machine learning. please reply me, that what will be correct path to get placed in top product based company. thank u

[@rohansinghrathore9586]

I too learned c++ in 11th and 12th. Its been 5+ years now. Started learning coding through cs50. Will see if I can get that codingninja subscription you were telling. I will learn coding! Hope so!

[@priyankakapale5105]

Thank you so much! I am so glad I watched this video. I can relate so much with your journey. I wasted my first and second year. It was in corona period and I don't even know how it went. I have recently became interested in coding, all I know is basics of c++, python, flask and html, css. I have done some small projects in them. But now I want to become serious and I was confused with how and where should I start. I knew basic python and I also have chosen AI ML as my major. Thats why I was confused with whether should I do dsa in python or c++ or java. But now I have decided that I am going to learn java properly and do DSA. This is start of my journey and I hope I learn from you.

[@036abdurrahman6]

Hey i am in a similar position now when compared to yours 6 months ago. Will you guide me on how to crack DSA? Cant it be done through python?

[@priyankakapale5105]

@@036abdurrahman6 java dsa - kunal kushwaha's course, practice on geeksforgeek Ai ds - campusx youtube channel and geeksforgeek ds bootcamp

[@me-kd6em]

Didi koi job Mila ki nhi?? 1st year student hun thoda guide kar dijiye kya sikhu kya nhi bahut confusion hai...😢

[@pushanmukhopadhyay3379]

I am in b tech 1st year. And i already started preparation for placements

[@annu1138]

Congratulations bro for this great opportunity 👏☺️😊

[@AbhishekThakur-vr4zy]

Amazing journey bhai , btw python have oops concepts as well and are widely used.

[@aadityakumar4290]

My journey is 99% similar to you bhaiya...I'm also from a Jac Delhi college in my 5th sem with a cgpa of 7 only....only 2 evident differences are that i didn't have c++ in class 12th and i didn't apply for any internship that came to my college in the season. I M GOING TO START TOMORROW MORNING WITH MY 100% LET'S SEE IF I END UP LIKE YOU IN 2 YEARS OR NOT

[@shashiprabha5416]

hey, did you started next morning or still struggling?

[@aadityakumar4290]

@@shashiprabha5416 kind of both...did start but now I'm struggling to complete the pace at which I'm grasping doesn't seem enough to me for getting a decent internship this season...let's see

[@shashiprabha5416]

@@aadityakumar4290 ohkay keep going goal isn't that hard to achieve as it seems to us 🙂🙂

[@aadityakumar4290]

@@shashiprabha5416 u a student or working professional?

[@shashiprabha5416]

@@aadityakumar4290 3rd year student of IIT Dharwad 🙂

[@aronshrestha2006]

really motivated from your journey brother , recently got rejected from first intership exam appeared.

[@iamashhad]

You can do it :)

[@mralyyt2449]

Hey brother can you tell me in which college u are doing your btech?

[@Suraj.5260]

thanks for the motivation.

[@evansarker]

This was so much inspiring

[@visheshtiwari8176]

I have a serious question. Does the college in any way affect one's company placement . Or is it sheer coding skills

[@chiragkhatri526]

Same ques bruh

[@fintechisthefuture8761]

Computer science curriculum teaches you how to learn in those company environments that explains the heavy math. They give you powdered knowledge and it’s up to you to add water to that powdered knowledge and make use of it.

[@shivasingh-kk9ew]

Hiii, i am a CSE student knows PYTHON but don't know C++, i am starting DSA and people telling me switch to C++ and i have only 1 year left for placement, do u think i need to switch just for competitive programming and clearing online coding rounds, does it help me inside the company OR Just Do DSA in python and be much better in python and build some projects...

[@iamashhad]

No you don't need to switch to C++. But I'd suggest you to pick up the basics and OOPS concepts of Java (or C++) since that is asked during the interviews. You can answer everything else with Python only :)

[@dipayanchakraborty2417]

The things you described today i faced the same things today. Let's see how it goes after today's learning.

[@kodeship]

Congrats U won 60K subscribers in just 4 mnths. Mine is the first view to this video when u uploaded and also i commented to add english subtitles. CONGRATS !

[@karthikjoshi6386]

Bro it's amazing I am in dsa practicing phase now and concurrently I am aming to focus on development till August I definitely solve 300-400 questions on leetcode and 200+ in GFG and I am dividing the problems difficulty in like 150 easy 100 medium and hard 75 and topics first 50 array and strings and next 50 linked list and trees 50 bst and graph and rest are dp I hope I can achieve that

[@iamashhad]

Great job. You can do it. All the best and stay tuned for more such videos.

[@rakshithrak310]

Karthik Joshi are you on LinkedIn or Instagram ?

[@karthikjoshi6386]

@@rakshithrak310 both LinkedIn and insta

[@rakshithrak310]

Can you give your insta I'd I wanna talk with you

[@ashokmaganti1985]

@@iamashhad bro give u watt number pls

[@xavier2586]

3:20 Python is an interpreted language which supports OOP(s).

[@md.nasimulislamnihal496]

thank you brother

[@shuvampal3723]

Really inspiring I am learning ML with python and want to go to analytics. I have basic python knowledge and like loop, array, map, enemurate etc but have no idea about OPPS, DSA and last night I was surfing the youtube for DSA and OPPS with python but did not get most. should I take the code ninja course for DSA?

[@vi23tream74]

Thank you so much for this video my coding journey is like you brother I complete 2 years of college and I only know c++ but you give me hope that in last year I can do coding from zero 🤗

[@anjaneekumarsingh1017]

basically it is a long process not just 3-4 months ... Best of luck for future possibilities bro👍

[@noobnessmee]

Misleading title tbh

[@iamashhad]

I learnt most of the topics in DSA in around 3 months. But I had to practice for a long time to be comfortable in it. That's what I've mentioned in the video too.

[@anjaneekumarsingh1017]

​@@iamashhad Ok bro.. I knew it already.. watched your full video AND if you could share do and don'ts of DSA roadmap it would be greateful 😊

[@mohdjibly6184]

Well done..congrats bro 😎

[@shivanir7159]

Many congratulations 🥳

[@learnCodeWithAshish]

Hi bro I'm a 3rd tier college bca student if I have learned all things whatever you said. Can I crack a company in fang?.. Pls tell me I'm confused about it.

[@iamashhad]

You won't know until you try.

[@learnCodeWithAshish]

@@iamashhad thanks sir but can I sit interview rounds on this companies without a Btech std?

[@stillunknown5785]

@@learnCodeWithAshish bro I am In just 2nd semester already Gave 4 Interviews Start early 🧡🧡

[@learnCodeWithAshish]

@@stillunknown5785 thanks bro for this wonderful clearance

[@aravindnaveena5750]

KZbin needs to have a “Misleading” button

[@mamatasyam8803]

I noted all the tops u said and i am from eee branch and starting coding for intership it feels so hard as being from other department to learning everything based on software but i am trying

[@KucchKhaas]

Thanks buddy. It means to me . ❤

[@sourabhsingh7491]

Sir please provide roadmap for bca students

[@iamashhad]

Practice DSA, Make projects and try to reach out to recruiters on LinkedIn. It will be hard, but you can do it.

[@GS-vt9id]

A keen question, how did the engineer at Google reached out to you ? 😅 Means which platform ? And congratulations🎉, that was a really inspiring journey. Thank You.

[@zohazabi8814]

LinkedIn

[@GS-vt9id]

@@zohazabi8814 ohh 😃

[@techmentormaria]

I would personally recommend going to hackathons and career fairs more! That's how I got into FAANG

[@GS-vt9id]

@@techmentormaria make sense. Btw your channel is pretty sick.😇✌🏻

[@manojkumar.n3578]

Ok bro thank you for valuable information 😎

[@codingbytalha9480]

This video is worth watching, truly

[@ayushmaanchauhan5078]

Even when you cleared 3 questions of microsoft and all questions of samsung what was the reason for you not getting shortlisted for the interview??

[@iamashhad]

I only did 3/4 questions and Microsoft shortlisted students who did all the questions. And for Samsung it might have come down to time.

[@nakunam1256]

Your editing is amazing, bro. I believe this is your second video. How do you come up with such excellent editing? Where do you all acquire the templates that you used in 4:48 and 0:33 blue with scattered background? Thank you in advance, and by the way, your video is quite useful.

[@iamashhad]

Thank you. I took inspiration for a bunch of youtubers that I follow. I created that effect on my own in After effects and I have been editing videos personally for a few years.

[@nakunam1256]

@@iamashhad ​ That's excellent, and I look forward to seeing more amazing videos from you in the year ahead. 👍

[@pratiktonpe1452]

bro, can you share your resume format which you used for google?

[@filzakhan5318]

I was dead inside, you are my 4 am motivation lol thanks pal