I think you&#x27;re over thinking things. Tech hiring is so random that you could have the most impressive list of projects on github, but if you get asked a single data structure question that you stumble on they might pass. Similarly, you could ace the white boarding questions, but if they check out a project of yours on github that they don&#x27;t enjoy for some reason they might pass.<p>I would stick to doing whatever will give you the most confidence when talking to companies. If that is studying data structures&#x2F;algorithms then keep doing that. If its launching a side project focus on that instead.