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Hi.

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In this video, I want to give you a few tips that will help you make the most out of this data Structures

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and Algorithms course.

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First of all, I would say it's extremely important to maintain consistency to actually master data

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structures and algorithms.

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For this, I have structured this course as daily challenges.

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So all that you need to do is never miss a day.

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So I would highly encourage you to make this commitment that till you're done with this course, you

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will complete every day's target.

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And in this way you will not only have consistency, you will also build momentum, which is very crucial

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to actually achieve difficult goals.

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The second tip that I have for you is that try to solve questions on your own.

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Before you go ahead and take a look at the solution.

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It's actually not about successfully solving the question, but rather it's about trying to solve it.

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That's where the learning happens, because you try to think on your own about the question and you

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understand your gaps in learning, and maybe you will be able to solve the question on your own as well

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in many cases.

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So always ensure that you try to solve the question by yourself before you take a look at the solution

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and that difficulty, that friction that you experience when you do this will translate into solid and

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long term learning.

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The third tip that I have for you is that don't skip coding the solution.

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Now over here in this course, you will find that you will be able to code the solutions without going

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anywhere else in the environment provided by Udemy.

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So do make use of that and ensure that you try to code the solutions on your own, because you will

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have to ultimately do that in the coding interview.

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And when you try to do this, you will see that in many cases you will get stuck.

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And that's actually a gold mine.

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Because when you try to code a solution by yourself and you get stuck, you learn crucial things.

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You understand what needs to be reviewed or what area needs to be revisited, etc. so always ensure

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that you code the solution by yourself.

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The fourth tip that I have for you is I would highly recommend to go in the order that the course is

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presented.

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This will be useful because some aspects are discussed in greater detail towards the beginning of the

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course and towards the latter part of the course, because we have already discussed that previously.

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We may go faster when discussing some things that repeat, so I would recommend that you go in the order

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that the course is presented.

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And my final tip for you is if you see that you are aware of a topic rather than skipping, I think

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it would be a good idea to watch those lectures at two x speed, because many times you may get stuck

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in a coding interview because you have forgotten a simple thing that you thought that you knew well.

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So probably going through lectures on topics that you are already aware will be a good idea.

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It will be a good refresher, and it will also solidify the learning that you already have.

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And maybe you will learn something new.

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A bonus tip do check out the tracker, which is provided as a downloadable resource, and stick it on

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your wall.

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And whenever you are done with the day's challenge, put a tick mark over there and then when you are

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done with the next day's challenge, put a tick mark again on the tracker, and in this way you will

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build a streak, and this will help you ensure that you don't miss a single day because you would not

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want to lose your streak.

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So do check out the tracker sheet provided as a downloadable resource.

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Let's get started!

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See you in the next video!