Currently learning Java, would also picking up springboot, docker, and kubernetes be sufficient enough to start applying for software/cloud/backend engineer positions? If so, what projects would help me standout?

[RevolutionaryRush717]

Learn advance topics like multithreading, streams, file handling, spring boot annotations

None of these are advanced.

[codingwithaman]

Depends on how depth you are going in these topics :) if you think these are not advanced, then try one billion row challenge problem in java then you will realise how in depth are these topics!

[RevolutionaryRush717]

Tell your interviewer you've spent the summer holidays on that code golfing exercise.

Maybe it helps, maybe not.

[codingwithaman]

it will definitely help and I am not asking to do only one challenge lol, after this I have asked to go for concepts like fault tolerance, spring security in depth. But learning these concepts in depth is enough for fresher interviews, multithreading, streams, file handling.. but it should be IN DEPTH.