Summer break officially ends this week. I spent the last several weeks of summer on a few things:

  • Solving DSA problems (honestly, I’d prefer learning new skills, but they’re necessary for some job interviews)
  • System Design (ByteByteGo is a great YouTube channel for this topic). I read several case studies and it’s really the “big bang” of computer systems. It draws on knowledge from computer networks, databases, cloud-native platforms, DevOps, software engineering, backend development, and distributed systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Large Language Models
  • Computer Networks

While I dedicated most of my summer to studying and research (with the exception of a 3-day trip to Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Cleveland), There’s still much more to explore—both new topics and greater depth in areas I’ve already been working on.

To be continued…