Balancing a CS degree, side projects, and a small business

Final year, two software projects, and a jewellery brand. People ask how I keep it together, so here is the honest answer.

I protect a weekly rhythm and accept that I cannot do everything at once. Some weeks the business gets more attention, some weeks a project or exams do.

The surprising part is how much each pursuit feeds the others. Building Elegant Threads & Beads taught me to ship and to care about users; my coursework gives me the fundamentals; my projects turn both into something real.

Right now I am optimising for one thing: landing a software role where I can keep learning fast. Everything else is in service of that.

Written by Khushi Bansal, a final-year Computer Science student at Chitkara University and the founder of Elegant Threads & Beads.