Scaler Academy Review

Scaler Academy Learner, Anshul Jain shares her learning experience with us: "During my BTech and MTech years at Delhi’s Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology (BPIT) and Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) respectively, I particularly enjoyed working on problems and learning more about Data Structures and Algorithms. In fact, I have been extremely interested in DS and Algo since high school. However, as much as I enjoyed my classes in college, I always felt the syllabus was too theoretical and that the teaching could have been more industry-specific. Later, while working at CaaStle in my first job as a front-end developer, I saw an ad for Scaler on Facebook and I immediately registered for the program. I used to attend DS and Algo coaching classes in college as well, hence, I knew that additional training would really hone my skills. In addition to DS and Algo training, I wanted to learn more about System Design as well at Scaler Academy. Check out the complete Review...

From having an Electronics Background to now landing his dream career at D.E. Shaw. The journey of our Scaler Rajdeep Pal is nothing short of inspiring. Presenting his story in his own words. "Name : RAJDEEP PAL College : IIT (BHU) VARANASI Branch : Electronics Engineering (B.Tech), 2016–2020 Motivation for joining Scaler Academy : 1. Since I am from non-CS background, it was difficult for me to make a career in the field of software engineering without formal teaching. 2. During my internship preparations, I faced difficulty in understanding data structures and algorithms on my own while learning from online sources. 3. Hence, I joined Scaler academy 4 months before college placements. Original Source: Medium Learning experience in Scaler Academy : 1. The best part was teaching by professionals from the industry. Also, learning from experts was effective and fast. 2. They introduced algorithms and data structures in the most appropriate order and sequence which made it easy for m...

Read the story of our Scaler Bibhu Prasad Pala , from being a Scaler mentee to Software Development Engineer at Amazon in his words. "I am IB Academy Student who recently got placed in Amazon. I will pen down my story! And will leave up to you to decide if it is worthy or not! I was working as an intern (in 8th sem) and work was not great and even my salary was not satisfactory. I tried asking referrals from close friends, seniors, and even strangers. And Finally I got one from very good startup @Fivertran and prepared for weeks and attended the interview but I failed. I was broken because referrals for freshers is a tough job if you are not from IIT or NIT. Now I had no referrals, Soon I found InterviewBit is going to conduct classes and they give referrals and We have to pay after we get placed in our dream companies. I thought It’s a win-win situation. They conduct Entrance test in First Batch I couldn’t get in I tried the second time and I cleared in Second Batch test. Origina...

Ayush Gupta hails from a small town in Uttar Pradesh where dreams are only confined to securing a government job or a private job with a decent package. Passionate about coding from early on, he decided to pursue CS from IIT Bombay but was unable to clear it. With his dream shattered, he decided to pursue BSC in Mathematics which gave him a chance to rethink his career choices on completing his graduation. Although he was academically good, securing the first position all over India in the MSc entrance exam for IIT Dhanbad, he decided to take a different turn and pursue MCA from NIT Bhopal. In his pre-final year, he got an opportunity to apply for an internship at Microsoft but couldn't clear the last round. This got him thinking, amidst all the preparation there's something he lacked, when he decided to take up a course and enrolled for our Scaler Academy program. His aspirations of becoming a successful coder took a turn for the better when he landed a job offer as a Sof...

Scaler's Naman and Swapnil both had dreams of working with leading technology or product based companies. Neither of them anticipated that one day they would get an opportunity to work with Google. Their Journey is nothing short of inspiring. While Naman was the first person from his college to get into Google, Swapnil worked day and night for 6 months straight to get his CodeForces rank up to 2200 from 1700. How did they do it? Here in this video, they talk about what challenges they faced in their journey and share some useful tips on how to crack coding interviews at top product based companies. "While there is no shortcut to hard work and diligence, you can learn from the experience of others and better your chances."

Scaler Mohini Bansal hails from Haryana, in this video she shares her journey of how she managed to pursue her dream despite the unfavorable conditions. She also talks about her experience as a mentee at Scaler Academy, her preparation secrets, tips and tricks that she learned that paved the way to securing a job as a SDE III at Walmart Labs. " Scaler has given me the roadmap and guidance I needed to land in my dream company , even before finishing the program." Here is the link to her complete story .

Karan Kanwal graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from a Tier 3 college, ran a business for a year post his graduation and then began his preparations for Bank PO exams. His inclination to learn coding and bettering his skills made him join Scaler Academy . Today, he holds an offer as a software engineer from one of India's best startups, ShareChat! "At Scaler Academy, we believe that it is a myth that you can't get into the top tech companies if you don't come from a CS/IT branch at premier colleges. The only thing that matters is the tech skills you have. If you keep learning and keep pushing yourself to get better, no one can stop you from reaching your goals, be it a dream job at a large tech company or founding a company of your own. Thanks to many startup leaders like ShareChat to make it a meritocratic system.  Once you've achieved your goal, we believe it is important to help others follow suit. Karan is hosting a webinar today evening to share his lea...

We as a community at Scaler Academy have always believed in providing every software engineer a level playing field and it makes us feel immensely proud of our Scaler mentees like Saurav who help us with our mission. Here is his journey in his very own words... "I come from humble backgrounds. My parents run a vegetable/general store shop, and I have two elder brothers. But I am the only fortunate one in the family whom my parents could afford to send to college. My family has supported me a lot over the years. Initially, I wasn’t even sure which branch would be best for me, so I ended up choosing mechanical, but I switched to Computer Science soon after.  I decided to pursue Scaler Academy, not only were they going to help me get referrals at companies that offered much better packages but also helped me better my programming skills.  The instructors and lecturers were very knowledgeable and kept us engaged - bettering our understanding of the concepts while also moti...

We are delighted to share the journey of our Scaler Swapnil Mahajan, who is soon going to join Google as a software engineer. He perfectly exemplifies the saying "When Hard work meets Not-giving up attitude and right guidance, Great things happen!" Presenting his Journey in his own words.. "Despite being a 6 star coder on codechef, a candidate master on codeforces, and an ICPC regionalist, my story is as imperfect as it can get! I had no internship in college. I faced rejections in Microsoft, Codenation, Directi. In Fact I even considered CAT as an option. So trust me, it’s not clarity but the Not-giving-up attitude and passion that paves the way to big things in life.Clarity isn’t Everything, Trust me, I am Googler! " Read our Scaler Swapnil Mahajan's complete journey in his own words, where he shares how he began his preparation from scratch, motivation amongst failures during the journey, secrets to his not-giving up attitude, the contrib...

While we believe the success of an online learning experience, is in which students and faculty are effectively engaged and challenged.  And to achieve a high quality learning environment, an institution's vision, experience in one's domain, collaborative efforts and understanding of the student's journey play an important role, which is what we've thrived through our Educational  Institution. Read What our Scaler's Had to Share About Their Ongoing Journey at Scaler Academy... 1) Naman Bhalla: From Tier 3 College to Google "I have been privileged to have been guided by people like Anshuman, Abhimanyu and looking forward to use these learnings while building a strong career ahead! Getting to learn System Design topics from people having worked at top tech companies and algorithms from people who have been at ICPC World Finals is an altogether different experience. The guest lectures and mentorship by people at top positions at companies like Google itsel...

It gives us great pleasure to share the journey of our Scaler, Ajitesh Kumar, who joined Amazon as a Programmer Analyst. Here He Shares His Experience With Us In His Very Own Words ... "I was born and brought up in Jamshedpur and for a long period of time, we had no financial support since my father is not alive, so it was very difficult for me to complete my B tech. My uncle helped us with my education fees. When I was in 10th/11th standard, I needed to focus more on science and had to sideline computers. I didn’t like the idea since I loved computers but had to do it as the marks required for getting admission in a nice college depended on it.  I always loved coding, I got my first computer when I was aged 6. My father couldn’t afford the computer at that time but somehow he managed to arrange 20K to buy that computer. It’s still at my place, although nobody uses it. I prepared for IIT but couldn’t clear it in my first attempt so I took a drop, then tried again bu...