Mission

Our Mission

It’s 2025, and entry-level roles in tech have become fiercely competitive. Many students graduate without offers, competition has intensified, and AI is reshaping traditional roles.

At Dijkstra, we firmly believe it is still possible to land well-compensated, meaningful jobs in tech—regardless of the noise and uncertainty in the industry.

Our mission is to help students:

• Get back to the fundamentals of Computer Science
• Systematically prepare for software engineering roles
• Prepare actively, not passively

The Problems Students Face

1. Lack of Awareness and Visibility

In India, a large number of students choose Computer Science—but many graduate without a clear idea of:

• How to join top product-based companies
• What skills actually matter in industry
• Where to find the right opportunities

Students from premier institutes (like IITs) are often mentored from day one and graduate industry-ready—strong in both development and DSA.
But students from Tier-2 and Tier-3 colleges are frequently left in the dark throughout their degree.

Critical, industry-standard skills like Git, GitHub, Docker, and Kubernetes are often missing from college curricula, even though the industry relies on them heavily.

2. Overwhelming Complexity of Computer Science

Computer Science is vast. Interested students often:

• Feel lost trying to navigate everything on their own
• Struggle to decide what to learn, and in what order
• Get pulled in multiple directions—courses, videos, roadmaps, bootcamps—without a clear, trusted path

Over four years of college, students are expected to somehow become “job-ready” by themselves. Without guidance, this leads to confusion, burnout, and missed opportunities.

How Dijkstra Solves These Issues

Dijkstra exists to solve these gaps.
We aim to:

1. Bring students together into a real community

   • An open-source, student-run space
   • Safe, inclusive, and mentorship-focused
   • Designed for anyone passionate about Computer Science, regardless of background

2. Define a clear path to success

   • Strengthen fundamentals: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Networks, and more
   • Build developmental knowledge to be work-ready in real-world environments
   • Develop soft skills so students are ready on all fronts for a career in tech

3. Provide real, hands-on experience

   • Students actively hone their skills by contributing to the open-source development of Dijkstra itself
   • Opportunities to work on full-stack development, microservices, and cloud services
   • Real-world collaboration, reviews, and workflows that mirror industry practice

Long-Term Goal

In simple terms, Dijkstra aims to be a one-stop solution for any aspiring CS student to become industry-ready and work-ready.

We want every motivated student—especially from Tier-2 and Tier-3 colleges—to have:

• A clear roadmap
• A supportive community
• Real experience they can point to
• And a fair shot at top-tier opportunities in tech.