Last week i cracked a big mnc comapny with 23+ctc .And trust me even in my wildest dreams i cannot think of it. Being from a tier 4 college,i knew it from the beginning that i have to go for off campus placements. But i never tried coding in my first 2 years. I started codechef and codeforces in my 6th semester (generally in 6th semester everyone stops cp and does leetcode ).I started giving contests but the results were very bad. i was not able to solve a single question in codechef and codeforces. Even after giving 10 contests i was fluctuating between 1* and 2* in codechef. And codeforces seemed to be a pain for me. Everytime i opened linkedin i saw everyone becoming 4* and 5* ,i used to feel very low. I hided my id from my friends . Some of my friends who were 4* and specialist used to say that off campus is very tough and discuss some tree and dp question among themselves. I felt like i am way behind evryone. I became damn sure that i would go unplaced.
I used to curse myself, i felt like leaving coding . But i somehow continued it and i turned out to be one of the best decision of my life. The first thing i did was stop comparing me from others and trust me the growth statrted from there. I started leetcode and coded on a daily basis. I used to participate in leetcode contest .
The reason behind sharing this is if i can do it,anyone in the world can .Still now ,i am a very average coder but daily practice helped a lot.I have faced a lot of rejection . I tried to count total number of rejection i faced but the number was going too big so i left in between.
One advice from my side is that do not run behind some particular company(FAANG ) .I applied to a lot of companies and in most case the company i never have heard name of was giving ctc beyond my imagination.
IT sector is on a boom in india. Companies are getting shortage of engineers and they are willing to pay a heavy amount. In the upcoming years ,companies are going to hire candiate more than ever.
Last but not the least-> Trust yourself when nobody trust you. Do not let the fire inside you burn out.

If i can do it anyone can.