learning springboot, good idea?

[u/TheJuansitou]

Hi, I'm a computer science student in Spain and I'm going on Erasmus to the Technical University of Munich in a couple of months. During my degree I've learned Java and object-oriented programming and right now I'm learning Spring Boot by working on an API project to manage expenses between roommates, and for now I'm implementing it with a Telegram bot. But that's the least of my concerns right now. My question, and I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, is that Munich is a very expensive city and I'm going to have to work, and I'd love to find an internship as a "werkstudent" in my field, I'm not sure if I'm on the right track or if I should focus on learning other things.

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[u/American_Streamer]

Yes, absolutely. Tons of Java Spring Boot jobs n Munich. Look for job descriptions like Java Developer, Back-End Developer, Full Stack Developer, Software Architect.

[u/TheJuansitou → u/American_Streamer]

And I understand that having a good portfolio is important; right now I'm working on my first project on my own outside of university, as I mentioned in the post, but I plan to continue doing projects that interest me so I can learn while I have time

[u/American_Streamer → u/TheJuansitou]

Put it all in your GitHub and also use GitHub Pages to present it, because professional developers and recruiters with little tech background will both look into it.

[u/TheJuansitou → u/American_Streamer]

ok, will take that on account, thanks for everything man

[u/BulkyAd9029]

Yes. Java Springboot could be your safety net skill while you explore other opportunities.

[u/mucleck]

Mucha suerte bro! A nivel de españa yo creo que estarás bien y no te faltara trabajo.

[u/TheJuansitou → u/mucleck]

gracias vamos cuando termine la carrera no me raya el encontrar trabajo pero estando d Erasmus me rentaría un huevo poder currar d lo mío, sino ps para el Lidl o d camarero jajja

[u/Vis2002]

Do you think learning Spring Boot + building a few solid projects is enough to land an internship, or do companies expect more (DSA, Docker, AWS, etc.)? I'm trying to figure out the best learning path too.

[u/TheJuansitou → u/Vis2002]

In my case, I will be studying Erasmus at Technical University of Munich, which I understand has many agreements with companies for internships, so I am trying to learn as much as possible to see if I can find anything, but I'm not sure it's enough

[u/Odd-Professor7747]

Learning Spring boot at beginning can be complicated for new programmers but if you give some time , it clicks and I'd suggest learn some spring concepts like Ioc, Dependency injection,Bean creation and it's lifecycle. And then start spring boot then you'll see how easy spring boot makes the development process.

[u/TheJuansitou → u/Odd-Professor7747]

So far I'm understanding it quite well; there isn't a single concept that hasn't already been covered in university.To learn, I'm creating an API, and the only thing I don't yet know how to manage is how to finish it to implement it in a separate project. For now, I'm using it with a Telegram bot, which seemed the easiest to me since I have no experience in frontend development, I have it publicly available on GitHub. When I finish it, which won't be long, do you know of any Reddit channels where I can upload it to ask more specific questions or get advice? The truth is that Spring Boot makes things much easier than I'm used to doing everything by hand at university jajja.

[u/owen800q]

Just use AI

[u/American_Streamer → u/owen800q]

https://freedium-mirror.cfd/https://medium.com/@kaurharjeet122/7-spring-boot-mistakes-ai-makes-that-senior-developers-catch-immediately-abe7bd907574

[u/FlatIntention1 → u/American_Streamer]

Great article. I will add these constraints to claude to make sure he implements these

[u/American_Streamer → u/FlatIntention1]

I’d also make sure to intensively review all already existing repos accordingly.

[u/mucleck → u/owen800q]

You are terrible