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jassembk

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jassembk··on A related skill that is recommended as a CS student
Ah, I see what you mean now. By DSA, I mean Data Structures and Algorithms.

So basically, you recommend choosing something I’m genuinely interested in, even if a similar application already exists, and building my own version from scratch. Then whenever I encounter something I don’t know, I learn it as I go.

jassembk··on A related skill that is recommended as a CS student
Thanks for the advice. I think I understand the idea, but I’m still not sure how to apply it at my level.

Could you give me an example of what you mean by a “long-term project” for someone at my level, and how you would balance it with continuing DSA?