By remaining anonymous and leaving out important details, it's hard to give you pointed advice. Here's are some general options: - get a MSCS at the best schoo

By remaining anonymous and leaving out important details, it's hard to give you pointed advice. Here's are some general options: - get a MSCS at the best school you can get into, choose the thesis option for something you're excited about, and become a good networker - take remedial CS courses (they're free, online, everywhere), start running through Cracking the Coding Interview, find a tech interview study group, practice daily - contribute to a popular open source project; if you have to, start with improving the docs, answering questions on S.O, etc.