
Most engineers stumble through their first 2-3 years because no one tells them how to position themselves for the roles they actually want. This call fixes that.
Who this is for:
• College students aiming for an SDE offer at a real product/infra company
• Service-company engineers trying to break into product or distributed-systems teams
• Junior devs unsure how to specialize — backend? infra? AI? distributed systems?
• People grinding LeetCode for months with nothing to show on the resume
In 30 minutes we'll cover:
• Where you are today and where you want to be in 6-12 months
• A week-by-week prep roadmap — DSA, low-level + system design, projects that signal depth
• Which companies actually fit your profile (and how to skip the ones that don't)
• Resume + LinkedIn quick wins to get more recruiter callbacks
• How to build a niche — distributed systems / backend infra / AI — instead of being a generic SWE
Why me: Software Engineer at SingleStore working on real distributed systems — zero-downtime deploys, multi-tenant infra, observability at scale — in production for 500+ enterprise customers. Previously built LLM streaming + DAG orchestration at Convai, interned at Upstox on payments infra. NIT Silchar, 9.16 GPA.
Come with your resume and 2-3 questions. You'll leave with a concrete, no-fluff plan.