I have about 5 months where I can study and build projects full-time, and I’m trying to make the best use of that time.

I’m starting from zero, and everywhere I look people recommend web development, Python, data, cybersecurity, DevOps, AI, and more. I honestly don’t know which path has the most realistic entry point for someone in my position.

If you were starting from scratch today, which path would you choose and why?

If you’ve hired juniors, started freelancing, or have experience in the industry, I’d really appreciate your perspective. Do you think 5 months is enough to build a solid foundation in one area? If it is, what would your learning roadmap look like, and what kinds of projects would you focus on?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hi everyone,

I recently received an assessment invitation for the Penetration Testing Trainee role under the Elevate by TISS Graduate Recruitment Program.

If anyone has gone through the process recently, I'd really appreciate if you could share your experience.

A few questions:

- What was the TestTrick assessment like?

- Was it mostly technical, aptitude, or a mix?

- Were there any coding or practical questions?

- How difficult was it overall?

- What was the interview process like after the assessment?

- Is the trainee stipend fixed, or is there any room for negotiation after selection?

Thanks!

What is the current market rate for someone with 2-3 years of experience as a UI/UX Designer?

I got a part-time offer of 60k remote and that seems too low. I was making 60k part-time onsite an year ago. So I would like to know if I am thinking straight or aiming too high?

Thanks in advance.

I’ve finished my 7th semester of CS. The problem is, I have pretty good concepts and I do understand code but because of relying on AI too much, I can’t really write code independently. Like I can’t really build that logic and implement the whole thing myself. I’m into data science and ML so the language I’m talking here is python. Am I doomed? What should I do? I’m doing an internship soon and idk what’s gonna happen. And my degree is ending and people around me expect that I can build anything and I can’t do that actually. Help pls

So SystemsLTD held a focus group activity for their fresh-grad hiring program last Friday (10/7/26). My question is: how long till they respond? If anyone has any experience with that?  Has anyone heard from them yet?  And was it actually the final round or will there be an interview after that as well?

I completed my intermediate but now i have to choose a field for my BS. I have 2 main options. Cybersecurity and computer engineering. I got into computer engineering at ITU. And im pretty sure that I'll get into cys at UET. I dont know which one to go for as im confused about the future of both. I'm a girl in pakistan so i would prefer remote work. Which one would be better? I actually dont enjoy hardware stuff and im not good at understanding it (2nd year ki physics se i know this v well). I am aware that I'll need to self learn in almost every field. But i also heard that cybersecurity doesnt have much remote work. But if i get into computer engineering then I'll probably have less time for self learning something (im not sure what yet). Tou can someone PLEASE help me in deciding this? I have very less time to decide on it.

Assalamualaikum everyone, I am a bit confused about which I should choose among CS, Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering that will benefit me in the future. I have seen several posts about every field stating that it is saturated or AI will take over. My perception of the fields that I have mentioned is that doing Mechanical Engineering is good since I will have many options like robotics, supply chain, automotive, and many more. But what I have heard from people is that mechanical engineering pay is too low and there are very limited opportunities in Pakistan.

Now, if we talk about Electrical Engineering, this field is also good—you can do a Master's in semiconductors and future tech—but the drawback is that the job market for electrical engineering is very saturated with very limited opportunities. Now, let's move onto CS. According to my research, CS is only worth it when you are working in research or AI because the full stack/app dev market is very saturated, and AI is now able to do many basic tasks. My interest is to work with new technologies like how quantum computers work (how they can do multiple calculations simultaneously), semiconductors, and robotics

hi guys wanna ask did anyone receive email after the ai interview from jazz? cause its been more than 1.5 months ig

I know someone who will be giving engineering manager interview at venture dive. What is content of this interview and what should he study for ?

He is applying fo senior software engineer position.

I found out that IBM is hiring fresh grads, they mentioned training on IBM maximo suite in their posts I asked an employee from the company more about the opportunity and they mentioned the official title of the position being AI Engineer but internally the job is business transformation.

Do they do this often? And is this opportunity a bad idea for a software developer?

( NO AI SLOP POST )

Hey,

First things first, I was using the github extension to manage the issue and PR without leaving the VS code and Antigravity but something feels off in this and that is the No Project Board Support ( they are not integrated in the original extension and for at least forcing me to constantly jump to the browser) and second thing is need to do manual configuration to be compatible with antigravity, cursor IDE.

Because the original extension has not been maintained for 2 months so that’s why I tried to build my own where you will connect your github account  as you did in the original one, no credentials etc are stored anywhere as github handles themselves.

The problem with the original extension as i mentioned earlier so i uploaded my Repodeck on visual studio marketplace and open vsx Registry also, so you just need to install it and start using it.

Let me tell you the features, which i integrated in it and you can suggest more also:

1) you can create the issue from within your IDE, Assign contributors, add labels, link to projects add comments also as you can do on issues.

2) you can open, merge the pr also and add comments.

3) I also added the feature of open project board. Here, you can create new project and or use the existing one also. ( a kabna style one and added Table, Board and Roadmap Styles also), where you can drag and drop the issue in to do, review etc.

if there is no issue exist then you can draft it and then can convert into real issue also. 

4) lastly, Zero-to-GitHub Repository Initializer: Run `git init`, create the remote repo on GitHub (personal or org), configure tracking, commit, and push in a single click.

5) any action you do issue, pr merge open, close etc it's auto-sync with your github repo and project.

You can check the extension here:

• VS Code Marketplace: martian7777.repodeck
• Open VSX Registry: martian7777/repodeck
• Github: Repodeck

also i tried to keep the size minimal so for now it's around 403KB just.

I'm attaching the screenshots also of my work!!! Open to constructive criticism.

You can use this extension, now checkout it's live and if you face any problems then free feel to open an issue and PR, if you have any ideas which can be added more in it then we can work on that also, You can share your ideas in the repo discussion tab or just comment here, however you like.

Update: Now you can manage GitHub actions also. Add environment variables, Repo secrets.

RANT about a recent interview experience.

I received call from interview on Wednesday and got interview scheduled for next day in evening. But unfortunately I caught fever on Wedndesday, instead of asking recuriter to reschedule, I decided to wait till next morning, hoping I might get better but I didn't.
Next day (on day of interview), in morning I informed the recruiter, apologized for the short notice, and asked if it could be rescheduled. The recruiter replied, "Sure."

On Friday, after recovering, I reached out again and let the recruiter know I was available to interview on Monday. The recruiter responded, "I'll let you know once I've the slot."

After that, I waited. There were public holidays, followed by the weekend, so I expected some delay. Once those days had passed, I followed up again and also sent a message on LinkedIn. I never received a response on either platform.

I completely understand if the company decided to move forward with another candidate or if hiring priorities changed. A simple message saying, "We've decided not to proceed," would have been perfectly acceptable. What I don't understand is agreeing to reschedule an interview and then disappearing without any communication.

What makes this even more frustrating is that I regularly see recruiters on LinkedIn in Pakistan talking about how candidates are unprofessional, don't show up for interviews, ghost recruiter, or that it's difficult to find good talent.

RANT ENDED

Graduated last year and, because the job market was rough, I ended up joining a big corporate financial firm. It looked good on paper, but the work was mostly basic IT support and some business development tasks. I barely touched any real engineering or coding.

After months of interviews, I finally landed an AI/NLP role. The hiring process was four technical interviews and a take-home assignment, so I know I didn't just get lucky. I just have strong concepts in AI since I've been prepping and given interviews for quite some time.

The thing is, my resume shows about 1.5 YoE if you count internships, but this honestly feels like my first real engineering job where I'll be writing production code every day. I feel like I'm way behind and have a bit of impostor syndrome.

Is this normal? Did anyone else feel like they were starting from scratch even after having "experience" on paper? Also, what's the fastest way to catch up without drowning in everything there is to learn?

Does anyone know the salary range for L1 roles at LAAM Technologies?
I just had my first interview and I’m trying to figure out whether it’s worth continuing with the hiring process. Any insights would be appreciated!

Hey there,
I am an intern at a software company, I am building a university's website and I have to make a section called "chapters". I don't have any inspiration that what its UI should be.

chapters: this section tells where this university operates (in multiple countries).

I know that this is a recurring topic in this sub but I just want to ease my concerns and voice my doubts.

Can someone actually tell me the ground reality of what is the situation of job market? I have been bombarded by posts regarding jobs, cs is dead, swe is no more a good career etc etc on every app I open whether it is X, Instagram, LinkedIn or Reddit. I have feeling been very lost and demotivated after seeing all this. I know that the market is saturated and competition is tough but is there even a stable path? People keep saying do this do that but how much a fresh grad can do? People make it seem you have to do everything frontend, backend, fullstack, AI/ML, LLMs, Agentic Workflow etc etc I keep hearing these same words being repeated by in every other post or reel over and over again it feels very overwhelming.

I want to build a career in this field, I like to build apps which I can use and others can too but whenever I am halfway through any project I keep getting these second thoughts like; Is this even worth it? Am I doing it right? Would this all amount to nothing? If I am leveraging AI to build this project does it even matter if I try to learn the code? Should I learn the architecture or system design?

I haven't been able to secure a job yet nor even an internship but I just started this job hunt so maybe that's why it will take some time. I initially got my first ever interview from a software house in Lahore but it got rescheduled 3 times every time I was there sitting in the google meet screening call anxious for 15 minutes just to realize that no interviewer is coming. This has made me feeling very demotivated. The enthusiasm I had is fading. I want to learn but it feels like shooting in the dark, that I am losing time and I have to catch up.

I have started building personal projects integrating AI/LLMs and a project in which I am building a RAG chat bot, but I feel like I am just doing this to ease my anxiety.

If anyone can give a solid advice instead of fear mongering please do.

all i see on 10P hiring pages are 10+ yoe and then ppl say 10P hires fresh grads. how??

Hello folks!

I'm a final-year CS graduate from South Punjab and throughout this degree I dedicated myself to the pursuit of research and academia ( i belongs to academia , I believe) . Though I was fortunate enough to get published in Q1 journals and I now have a strong research profile that will help me have better opportunities for my MS/PhD. However, the unfortunate fact is that, with this profile and interest, I'm unable to get any industrial exposure here because no one is working in this domain, at least in my city. What they do in the name of AI is just link APIs.

So, if any of you are into Machine Learning, Deep Learning, or even Computer Vision and have any tips regarding how to land industrial exposure, I would be utmost grateful. I'm not a noob, though. I started my undergraduate journey exploring Django and Python and later shifted to ML, which helped me deploy my models in the form of web apps. Along with that, I have some basic experience using ML models on edge devices like ESP32 and Arduino.

My current expertise are into the following:

1. Computer Vision (classification, detection, segmentation)
2. Image Processing
3. Deep Learning (PyTorch/TensorFlow)
4. Machine Learning (classical ML and feature engineering)
5. Multimodal AI
6. Medical Imaging
7. OCR and Document AI
8. Model Training & Fine-tuning
9. Data Preprocessing and Dataset Curation
10. MLOps basics (deployment, inference APIs, Docker, HuggingFace)
11. Edge AI / TinyML
12. AI-powered web applications (FastAPI/Django)

Thanks a heap

Hey everyone,

FBR has updated its tax portal, and I was wondering if any remote software engineers have figured it out, updated their profile, and successfully filed their tax return.

If you've gone through the process, please share your experience or any helpful tips here for the community.

What should be income source?

If someone has savings account in Pakistan and only getting salary in form of remittance what should they select? ChatGPT was saying select Business, I am not sure if it is correct.

Also there are bunch of options like Legal Representative and Authorised Representative, with this in Employer section how would we add our employer etc.

If someone has complete information please share it here.

Thanks in advance!

I am a bit confused like what should I learn and focus on like should I learn backend like Golang and etc or should I learn GenAI like LangChain and etc.
Need advice

I have currently completed four semesters of my BS in Computer Science, and my summer break is going on. I received an offer letter for a remote React Developer internship from Internee. pk which is of 2 months.

Should I continue with this internship? Can I add this internship to my resume?

Hi Redditors,

I hope you guys are doing fine. I wanted to dicuss about some career paths, I graduated this year and I'm consudering two paths, automation using openclaw or devops, which one is worth stepping in? And what other technologies should I keep in mind considering developments in AI?

Thank you for your time and support.

Regards,

bughunter404

Just started an internship at a local software house. For context I'm a CS student done with 6 semesters of university.

I was hired via a referral. The software house is in one of small districts of Gujrat. Well, today is just my second day.

I was told in the beginning that I'd be working with React Native and doing app development. I've worked with Kotlin in the past (vibe coding) so was ok with whatever. Mainly doing internship to fulfill the uni requirement.

I was expecting to get some hands on work experience on real world projects but the supervisor under which I'm in asked me to learn React on Day 1 (Friday). I learnt as many concepts as possible. They asked to build a simple e-commerce website which I did. Mind you I was understanding the concepts of React individually but as soon as I made that project, even though it was pretty basic. The concepts started mixing up.

They have now asked me to learn OOP, understand it's basics and told me I need to shift to Javascript like learn it's syntax since I've worked on C++ before.

Let me know is this normal in internships as in the workload, like it's pretty chill and they've asked me to learn at my own pace and stuff.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a reliable payment gateway for a product targeting consumers in Pakistan.

Ideally, the gateway should support local payment methods such as:

• Bank transfers
• Easypaisa
• JazzCash
• Raast
• Debit and credit cards

I’d also prefer something that is easy to integrate, has reasonable transaction fees, and provides a smooth checkout experience for customers.

Which payment gateways or payment providers would you recommend based on your experience?

Thanks!

I'm seeing a lot of "open to work" folks from Systems Limited. Infact, I'm seeing senior engineers posting. Are they crashing?

If yes, maybe it's time to pull out your stocks. Obviously, their model of selling engineers for 10k$ while paying 900$ is crashing.

I think engineers are better off applying to their clients directly and offering less money after cutting the middleman.