> I guess what I'm asking is: If you were fresh out of college, how would you go about getting a job? Leetcode and hackerrank all the problems now that univers

> I guess what I'm asking is: If you were fresh out of college, how would you go about getting a job? Leetcode and hackerrank all the problems now that university is fresh in your mind. Do some programming competitions. Get a job at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc. Work there 2 years. See this as your "real world" M.Sc. degree. Then move on to whatever interests you. A M.Sc. or PhD or some other job.