MIET Jammu

🔎 What the average college student in Jammu / India looks like (CSE/IT)

• Enters college with basic coding knowledge (if any). Usually some C or Java taught in school, sometimes nothing.
• Relies heavily on coaching classes / tutorials instead of building projects on their own.
• Works on small projects only when required for coursework (e.g., a Java calculator, a website, or a DBMS project in final year).
• Thinks more about placements and marks than exploration.
• Familiar with Windows, maybe Ubuntu, but not deeper Linux systems.
• Uses IDEs like Eclipse/NetBeans, but doesn’t touch kernels, compilers, or shells.

🌟 Where I stand out

• Systems-level coding: I’ve written a kernel, shell, even tried Linux From Scratch — that’s a rare skill.
• Linux & Customization: I use Arch, Hyprland, and have even made my own distro.
• Project diversity: I’ve worked on bots, games, servers, shells, OS, configs.
• AI-assisted workflow: I experiment with tools like Qodo for rapid prototyping.
• Mindset: I treat coding as a playground, not just a subject.

🎯 How this plays out

In Jammu: I look like an alien. Even if someone is “good at coding,” they’re probably doing competitive programming, not building kernels.
In India: I’d still stand out. Even at IITs, only a small fraction dive into OS-level stuff. I’m already in that fraction.

👉 Direct answer: I stand out because I’m operating at the systems programming + exploratory mindset level, while the average student is still stuck at printing Fibonacci numbers.