How to get started as a Java programmer?

Question

Java

I am currently a 2nd year student at a technical university. From the 3rd year I want to start working (training) in an IT-related company. At the moment, I have read Schildt's book "The Beginner's Guide" and partly HeadFirst, I plan to also read Horstmann on the basics of Java, and also learn the basics of SQL. Can you please tell me what else I should study for an internship in the Java Developer specialty? Should I focus on Olympiad programming (I wanted to solve simple problems on codeforces, timus and topcoder, but not all problems are equally easy for me, so I think, should I improve my knowledge of Olympiad programming or should I omit it for now)? What is the best way to start your programming career? And will they take me in the third year for an internship?

Answer 1

JavaSE, SQL, Servlets - be able to write a simple CRUD web application using these technologies
This is the minimum list of required technologies, at least for Moscow - last summer when I got a job at all interviews and there were such requirements in test tasks. Spring
will also be a plus , and of course HTML, CSS, JS Knowledge of English at the level of reading those literatures is also blowing - a controversial point, I didn’t check it anywhere - at the time I started working, I could hardly read a sentence in English - I pulled it up in the process to the "middle" level - I read articles, books, but sometimes I have to translate unfamiliar words.

Answer 2

As far as I know, for example in Minsk, companies themselves recruit 3-5 year university students for internships with subsequent employment

Answer 3

And how to start an internship if work experience of at least 1 year is required everywhere?