30-Day Java Developer Growth & Interview Prep
Plan
Goal: Move from ■12–15 LPA → ■25 LPA+ product/remote backend roles
WEEK 1 — Core Java + Multithreading Mastery
Day Goal Hands-on (Practice Task) ✓
Day 1 Java Memory Model, volatile, synchronized
Write counter app showing race conditions ■
Day 2 Threads, Runnable, Callable, Future Launch 10 threads fetching URLs concurrently ■
Day 3 ExecutorService & Thread Pools Custom pool demo (fixed vs cached) ■
Day 4 CompletableFuture pipelines Chain async tasks (fetch-process-store) ■
Day 5 Synchronizers (CountDownLatch, CyclicBarrier)
Parallel file readers ■
Day 6 Locks & Atomics Use ReentrantLock, AtomicInteger ■
Day 7 Mini Project Multi-threaded File Processor ■
WEEK 2 — Spring Boot + Microservices + Kafka
Day Goal Hands-on (Practice Task) ✓
Day 8 Spring Boot profiles, configs REST API with profiles ■
Day 9 Microservices architecture Create 2 services (User & Order) ■
Day 10 Kafka producer/consumer setup Send JSON messages ■
Day 11 Kafka retry, DLQ Implement DLQ for failed messages ■
Day 12 Service Discovery & Gateway Add Eureka + Gateway ■
Day 13 Docker basics Dockerize services + Kafka ■
Day 14 Integration testing Use Testcontainers for Kafka ■
WEEK 3 — System Design + Performance Tuning
Day Goal Hands-on (Practice Task) ✓
Day 15 REST API design Improve project API versioning ■
Day 16 Caching with Redis Add Redis caching ■
Day 17 Database tuning Optimize queries & connections ■
Day 18 Actuator & Micrometer Add metrics & health endpoints ■
Day 19 Tracing Add Sleuth / OpenTelemetry ■
Day 20 Design: URL shortener Draw architecture + pseudo code ■
Day 21 Design: Order service w/ Kafka Diagram + flow ■
WEEK 4 — Interview + Portfolio + Career Boost
Day Goal Hands-on (Practice Task) ✓
Day 22 Resume rewrite Quantify achievements ■
Day 23 LinkedIn & GitHub Add repo + diagrams ■
Day 24 DSA: Arrays, HashMap Solve 3–5 problems ■
Day 25 DSA: Trees & Strings Practice 3–5 problems ■
Day 26 System Design Mock Explain project aloud ■
Day 27 Behavioral Prep STAR method answers ■
Day 28 Salary Negotiation Study ranges & prepare ■
Day 29 Mock Interview Friend or Pramp ■
Day 30 Final Review Publish repo + apply to jobs ■
■ End-of-Month Deliverables:
- Multi-threaded Spring Boot Microservices Project (Kafka + Docker)
- Two System-Design diagrams on GitHub
- Updated Résumé + LinkedIn profile
- Interview readiness for ■25 LPA+ roles