My Super30 Journey: From Discord Lurker to Harkirat’s Elite 💥
It's been a whirlwind of emotions, filled with moments that made me laugh, cry, and sometimes stare blankly at the screen at 3 a.m., wondering if recursion was slowly devouring my soul. But Super30 is where I rediscovered why I fell in love with coding—and it's also where I learned to endure Harkirat’s merciless jokes. 😭
First, What Even is S30? 🤔
The Super30 journey began when Harkirat Singh, our mentor at 100xDevs, announced that he’d personally train just 30 students from across the cohort. Now, 100xDevs itself is no joke—it's packed with absolute legends grinding 24/7, building full-stack apps, automating pipelines, and probably shipping their code faster than some people respond to WhatsApp messages.
I had already completed Cohort 2 (Full Stack + DevOps) from December 2023 to May 2024, thinking, "Yeah, I’ve got this!" But then Harkirat launched Cohort 3, and I couldn’t resist diving back in to revise every single concept. August 2024 came with a surprise—Harkirat decided to select 30 students for an intensive program. Yup, that’s how Super30 was born.
The twist? He’d personally interview everyone to hand-pick the students. And when I got the call... bro, I nearly screamed louder than a React app breaking in production. 🎉
For me that moment was like APP NOIDA AA RAHE HAI hehe
Getting the Golden Ticket 🎟️
The interview wasn’t some chill Zoom meet. It felt more like an interrogation—Harkirat-style.
“Tell me about yourself.”
"Show me your any MERN stack project."
And the big one—“What makes you think you deserve to be here?”
Honestly, I thought I’d blown it with my nervous answers and one awkward joke about Kubernetes clusters. But a week later, BOOM!—an messae dropped into my inbox, congratulating me for making it into the ** Super30 batch.**
That moment was pure dopamine. I legit ran around the room like a kid who just found out their school announced a holiday. 🏃♂️💨
What’s Life Like in Super30? 🌅
Forget sleep. Forget weekends. October 2024 hit, and we were instantly in grind mode.
Every day is like running a marathon with code, except your finish line is another bug to fix. Imagine:
- 10 hours a day, coding and debugging with the sharpest minds in the game.
- Daily challenges, late-night Zoom calls, and project standups where Harkirat randomly throws curveballs like, “What if we deploy this using Kubernetes instead?”
- Group chats filled with memes, tears, and random ‘Ctrl + S’ celebrations. (Yes, saving a file counts as an achievement at this point.) 😂
Some days I laugh so hard that my face hurts—usually because someone rage-pushed code straight to main. Other days, I sit in silent despair, staring at my IDE, praying that CI/CD pipelines will magically work this time.
And you know what? I’m loving every moment of it.
Harkirat's 10-Hour Gauntlet 🔥
To say it’s intense would be an understatement. 10-hour days? That’s just the start. We joke that Harkirat's not teaching us coding—he’s building resilience.
- Bug marathons that last until dawn.
- Harkirat’s random pop quizzes—“What’s the time complexity of this? Wrong. Next.”
- And the classic “If your code works the first time, did you even write code?” 😂
There’s a beauty in this madness. We’re learning not just to survive, but to thrive—no matter how many merge conflicts the universe throws our way. We build, we break, we debug, we repeat. And somewhere between that loop, friendships form.
The Emotional Rollercoaster 🎢
We laugh. We cry. We meme the hell out of our struggles. But the real pain hit us hard when Harkirat dropped the bombshell: Super30 is only a 4-month program. 😭
FOUR MONTHS?! We were just getting started! The countdown already feels like the final season of your favorite show. Every passing day is a reminder that soon, this wild ride will come to an end.
The thought of Super30 ending is like typing rm -rf / on your emotions. We’ve bonded over code and chaos, built some incredible projects, and shared the kind of jokes that only developers could find funny.
What Have I Learned? 🧠
Super30 isn’t just about coding. It’s about becoming a better version of yourself. Here’s what I’ve taken away so far:
- How to build from scratch: If something breaks? We rebuild it. If it works? We break it just to fix it again.
- How to iterate fast: There’s no time to perfect anything. Ship fast, fail fast, fix fast.
- How to manage time: Between coding marathons, debugging sessions, and 2 a.m. standups—time management becomes a survival skill.
- How to give and receive feedback: Some of the best advice I’ve gotten came wrapped in brutal honesty.
And most importantly? I’ve learned how much fun coding can be when you’re doing it with the right people.
What's Next? 🚀
Super30 might only last 4 months, but the memories and friendships will last a lifetime. When the program ends, I’m planning to launch my own project—something built with all the sweat, tears, and joy I’ve poured into this experience.
But let’s be real. Super30 isn’t over yet, and I plan to make every second count. We’re still pushing commits, breaking code, and cracking jokes, and as long as that lasts, I’m going to savor every moment.
The End? Not Quite. 🫶
I know that someday soon, Super30 will end. But the things we’ve learned, the people we’ve met, and the fun we’ve had? That’s not going away.
This experience is more than just a cohort—it’s a family. And just like any family, we’ll stick together even after this wild ride ends.
So here’s to all the late-night coding sessions, all the merge conflicts, all the inside jokes, and every Harkirat curveball that made us laugh and cry along the way.
Super30 isn’t just a program. It’s a memory I’ll carry forever.
And for now? I’m cherishing every bug, every Zoom call, and every “good morning” message that hits the chat at 2 a.m. Life’s too short not to enjoy every bit of this beautiful chaos.
To Super30: No matter what happens—
ILY, fam. 🫶 Keep coding, keep dreaming.