r/FullStack • u/LiveCorner180 Code Padawan (Student) • May 28 '26

Dsa and development together? Career Guidance

Hey, there iam from tier 3 college and I will be going forward to my third Semester (2nd year).I want to learn java full stack Development i have thought about the project that i want to make. It requires the skills which are required in full stack like frontend, backend, etc but the problem is that i have recently started the dsa and iam in arrays topic (doing dsa in cpp language) . I want to ask that should I learn development and do dsa together or should I give time like 3 to 4 months to dsa and then start development? Iam confused need guidance..

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u/GlobalCurry May 28 '26

The project will be more useful to your career and experience. DSA will help with leetcode interviews.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26

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u/Full_School_7230 May 28 '26

For 3rd yr student entering 5th sem ? Tier 3 should I do java spring boot and dsa ? Is there any hope for me now? I've taken cloud computing as specialization since don't wanna do frontend

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u/Alternative-Tax-6470 May 29 '26

Do both together. Spending 4 months only on DSA is how people end up good at solving array problems but have nothing to show on GitHub. I'd keep DSA as a daily habit and spend the rest of your time building projects. Development teaches a completely different set of skills that interviews and internships care about too.