Which do you enjoy more?
☐ Making a page look right on every screen size     → frontend-leaning
☐ Designing how data is stored and fetched           → backend-leaning
☐ Building a complete feature from button to database → balanced full stack
☐ Automating builds and deployments                  → later DevOps path
Start with the path that has the most ticks.

Scan 20 full stack posts in Noida
Frontend tools listed: React ____ Angular ____ Vue ____
Backend tools listed: Node ____ Django ____ Spring ____ .NET ____
Databases: SQL ____ MongoDB ____
Extras: Docker ____ Cloud ____ TypeScript ____
Most common stack: ____

import { useEffect, useState } from "react";

export default function Courses() {
  const [courses, setCourses] = useState([]);
  const [error, setError] = useState(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    fetch("/api/courses")
      .then((r) => (r.ok ? r.json() : Promise.reject(r.status)))
      .then(setCourses)
      .catch(() => setError("Could not load courses"));
  }, []);

  if (error) return <p role="alert">{error}</p>;
  return <ul>{courses.map((c) => <li key={c.id}>{c.title}</li>)}</ul>;
}

# pip install fastapi uvicorn
from fastapi import FastAPI

app = FastAPI()

COURSES = [
    {"id": 1, "title": "Python Fundamentals"},
    {"id": 2, "title": "Full Stack Web Development"},
]

@app.get("/api/courses")
def list_courses():
    return COURSES

# Run: uvicorn main:app --reload
# In development, proxy /api from the React dev server to this API

# Event Booking App
Book seats for college events and manage them as an admin.

## Stack
React · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · Docker

## Features
- Sign up / log in (hashed passwords, JWT)
- Browse events, book and cancel seats
- Admin: create events, see bookings

## Run
docker compose up --build   →  http://localhost:8080

## Tests
pytest (API) · npm test (frontend)

## Screenshots
(add 3 images)

Weekly job search routine
Mon: tailor resume for 3 posts (match stack keywords honestly)
Tue: apply + message one developer on LinkedIn
Wed: practise 2 DSA/JavaScript problems, 1 API design question
Thu: improve one project (tests, README, bug fix)
Fri: apply to 3 more; follow up on last week
Weekend: hackathon, meetup or open-source issue

First month:  HTML, CSS, JavaScript fundamentals, Git
Second month: React — components, state, forms, API calls
Third month:  Backend — Node/Express or Django/FastAPI, REST, auth
Fourth month: Databases — SQL (or MongoDB), modelling, migrations
Fifth month:  Two full projects, tests, Docker basics, deployment
Sixth month:  Resume, interview practice, applications, internships

My chosen stack: ____
Why: job posts ____ / interest ____ / prior knowledge ____
Frontend: ____  Backend: ____  Database: ____
I will not switch stacks before: ____ (date)

☐ Explain my best project's architecture in 3 minutes
☐ REST basics: methods, status codes, auth
☐ JavaScript: closures, promises, async/await
☐ SQL joins and indexes
☐ React: state, effects, keys
☐ One bug I fixed and how I found it