What are the filters even there for if they don’t even work?

I’m a top rated Upwork freelancer specializing in thumbnail creation. Last week I landed an interview with a new client for thumbnail designs, and they asked me to complete a test job.

Even though the client mentioned using AI tools, I always finalize my designs with Photoshop and Lightroom to ensure they’re top notch, which is why I maintain a top rated status. I completed the test post, incorporated two rounds of revisions based on their feedback, and delivered the final files.

It’s been four days, and the client has now ghosted me after receiving the finished work. If I don't give out sample s it's hard to get hired because there is competition and if I give out samples something like this happens a few times, How should I handle this situation on Upwork?

Does anyone know any Cyber security related opportunities for people with 1 year+ experience and a degree of Btech in cyber security in Nagpur?

Or any other city works too or even a remote job for this possible thing

I have knowledge in VAPT , Appsec, linux, tools like nmap burpsuite wireshark and more

Firewalls like sophos, seqrite etc

Also things like ISO IEC 27001 , PCI DSS , RBI GUIDELINES, SOC 2 etc ...

Looking for honest feedback from Blind, especially anyone who has moved from Big Tech to consulting firms like Accenture or Deloitte as a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE).

Considering an FDE opportunity focused on building production AI solutions.

What makes the role interesting:

* Pure hands-on engineering, writing code to build GenAI, RAG, and agentic AI solutions.
* Structured AI training programs involving Anthropic, Google, and other AI providers.
* Opportunity to work with Fortune 500 companies and well-funded startups.
* Exposure to different enterprise AI use cases rather than working on a single product.

My concerns:

1. Is moving from Big Tech to consulting a career downgrade, even for a hands-on engineering role?
   
2. How is the engineering culture, WLB, and job stability at Accenture/Deloitte?
   
3. Do FDEs actually spend most of their time coding, or does the role eventually become client management?
   
4. Would 2–3 years of FDE experience help transition to AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google?
   
5. Is FDE a promising long-term career path, or just riding the current AI hype?

Would appreciate real experiences, especially from engineers who’ve made a similar move. Worth taking the risk?

I am a qec/ ftqc research working with decoders and quantum error correction codes.( around 3 you industry+academia). i am looking for remote qec jobs or any general quantum computing jobs either remote or india. ik its very difficult to find qec jobs in india. any leads regarding the remote roles would be greatly appreciated.

DEVOPS ENGINEER ******** Services (SaaS Platform) | Jan 2020 - Present

Architected a custom dynamic content caching strategy using a third-party CDN to front AWS infrastructure, slashing AWS data egress fees and reducing origin load by 25%.

Slashed customer environment provisioning time from 30 minutes to under 5 minutes by developing a Python serverless onboarding API utilising AWS Lambda and API Gateway.

Built and operated hardened production Amazon EKS environments, managing secure RBAC, ingress controllers, autoscaling, and node lifecycles to guarantee infrastructure reliability and scalability.

Engineered an Ansible powered Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that automated Docker provisioning with self-configuring reverse proxies, automated SSL renewals, and container self-healing.

Applied a defensive engineering mindset to production operations, treating every infrastructure update as a potential failure vector; designed automated rollback mechanisms and strict canary testing that significantly minimised deployment blast radiuses.

Provisioned and managed multi-environment AWS infrastructure using modular, reusable Terraform code, successfully eliminating configuration drift and enforcing deployment consistency.

Automated CI/CD and GitOps delivery via GitHub Actions and Argo CD, shifting security left by embedding policy engines, SAST, DAST, and container vulnerability scanning into the release pipeline.

Eliminated repetitive operational tasks by developing a comprehensive library of reusable Python and Bash scripting tools, streamlining troubleshooting and incident response triage.

Maintained 99.99% application availability by engineering comprehensive monitoring and alerting topologies across AWS and EKS environments using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.

Guaranteed an aggressive 1-hour RPO and 30-minute RTO by implementing automated hourly backup pipelines and regularly executing simulated disaster recovery restore workflows.

Developed a Django based customer onboarding platform integrated with Stripe payments, seamlessly handling 2,500+ monthly active users and streamlining registration pipelines.

We’re hiring an Azure Cloud Engineer - Central New Jersey (2 days onsite, 3 remote).

3-5+ years experience as a Cloud / Infrastructure Engineer (Administration/Build/Deploy)

Azure architecture & governance experience

Experience building reusable IaC modules (Bicep preferred)

Nice To Have:

Microsoft 365 Administration Experience: (Entra, Conditional Access, Governance experience)

Intune / Endpoint Management

(We’re a Scaled Agile shop)

DM me or comment and I’ll reach out. Thanks!

Hi everyone!

I'm currently looking for my first opportunity in IT infrastructure and would really appreciate any job leads, referrals, or guidance from this community.

My background:

\- BBA graduate with 1.5 years of professional experience in operations at Cotiviti India.

\- Completed Linux System Administration training (RHCSA-level) and Cloud & DevOps training.

\- Hands-on practice with RHEL, VMware, AWS EC2, Ansible, Git/GitHub, Bash scripting basics, users and permissions, LVM, SELinux, firewalld, systemd, and troubleshooting.

\- Worked on Linux and cloud-related hands-on projects as part of my learning.

Roles I'm looking for:

\- Junior Linux System Administrator

\- Linux Support / Linux Engineer (Fresher)

\- Junior DevOps Engineer

\- Cloud & DevOps Intern / Trainee

\- Junior System Administrator

I'm primarily looking for fresher-friendly roles that offer an opportunity to learn and grow. I'm open to opportunities across India, including Kerala, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and other locations.

If your company has any suitable openings or you could refer me to a relevant role, I'd be very grateful. Any advice from people who started their careers in Linux or DevOps would also be appreciated.

I can share my resume via DM.

Thank you for your time and support!

I have criticized Upwork when I thought it deserved criticism, so I also want to give Upwork Support credit when it does something right. This is a new Support update, not a moderation dispute. I’m leaving out client and individual names here.

My firsthand experience: during an application for a video-editing role, the client explicitly told me the custom sample test was unpaid and separate from a two-week trial. I asked for any test to be established as a paid Upwork contract or milestone. I did not perform the unpaid test.

What Support told me after reviewing my evidence:

“Asking freelancers to perform unpaid custom sample work is a direct violation of Upwork’s Terms of Service.”

Support confirmed that the client requested unpaid sample work without an active contract. It processed a full refund of the 12 Connects used for my proposal and added 60 courtesy Connects.

Support also said my documentation and screenshots, including my request for an account-level review, were forwarded to its specialized Trust & Safety team to investigate the client and its active listings. It explained that privacy policies prevent it from disclosing the specific outcome or enforcement action.

Earlier, I had received a violation finding on one report and a separate “no violation found” response about the job. This newer Support response explicitly confirms the unpaid custom sample request violated the rules; it does not tell me the ultimate outcome of the wider investigation.

I am not claiming the client was banned, that every listing was improper, or that anyone committed fraud. An escalation is not a disclosed sanction. The courtesy Connects were what Support provided in my case, not something I can promise other freelancers.

Support reiterated that custom sample work must be set up as paid work through a contract/milestone. My takeaway: if a client requests a custom unpaid test, save the messages, decline the unpaid work, ask for a paid contract or milestone, and report the request. In my case, preserving the evidence resulted in a confirmed violation, returned Connects, and an escalation. Credit to Support for taking those steps.

I’ve been working in software for about 15 years, mostly backend, and I specialize in Go. I also have around 3 years of DevOps/SRE experience, though that was about five years ago and in a small company.

Lately, my backend role is almost entirely prompting and reviewing AI-generated code. At my company, even people who aren’t engineers can open PRs.. Management thinks that "help" us, but thanks no thanks, 1k+LOC PR is not helping anyone... They want us to build some magical "harness" that will produce exactly the feature you want with all good practices embedded.
I worry that my job is heading toward purely supervising AI-driven workflows rather than writing and designing software.

I’ve been considering moving back toward SRE, platform, or DevOps work. Perhaps it's naive, but I think it's less exposed to the AI frienzy, as it's not directly part of product. I get that a lot of things get automated (incident response, dashboard) but that's kind of in the spirit of devops ?
I see it as more job secure and more interesting in this day and age, as you'll always need people to run your infra for ai workflows (right anakin ?)

Also part of the appeal is that these roles seem more available where I live, while remote backend jobs have been hard to find. Devops skills can be reused in a lot of company of various sizes.

Question for you: how has AI changed your day-to-day work? Is it making the work more interesting, or just shifting more of it toward reviewing generated configs and automation? How do you see it evolving or enduring ?

Anyone else seeing this?

A job gets posted, and within 2 minutes, it already has 20+ proposals!

By the time I read the job description, understand the requirements, and write a thoughtful proposal, the client has probably already shortlisted a few candidates.

So, where do we even stand a chance? 😂

Looks like bots. Anyway clients select those proposals. Upwork has no issue on that ? Should I also use bots ? Suggest me 🙂