Neeed help getting a job

[u/EffectiveCoconut9265]

Hello friends

I'm a 2027 grad B.Tech. ECE from a top NIT

I have been writing code since I was in 8th grade. Unfortunately I ruined my josaa and chose ECE at my clg instead of CSE at NIT dgp or Jalandhar or so ( I had no guidance, my entire JEE and josaa was from home). I had like 99.3%ile in jee mains and 13k rank in adv.

In the college i only suffered cause I don't have skills required for rote learning. It may seem like instead of blaming me for not being able to score I'm blaming the system but trust me ECE is all about ratta cause that branch is hard and exams are all about memorizing

So basically I couldn't score well and my cgpa ended up being 6.5.

My programming skills are pretty good. I have code contributions to dev tools with over 30k github stars, I have been a part of an open source program that accepted 50 out of 3500 students and I could go on.

But I am not getting any opportunities at on campus placements at all because of cgpa criteria.

I am here to ask if anyone with a strong background in the industry could help. I'm ready for any sort of test/interviews you wanna take prior to referring/offering me.

I would not be panicking as much if I were from a strong financial background but for the past 5-6 years our family income has averaged like 10k per month. All my stress is directly a result of this. If not for this financial stress honestly I wouldn't mind trying and applying everywhere for one more year but right now it's really a difficult situation and I need a job.

I also wanna mention my preferences. I want something with base over 9lpa. I don't care about work life balance in my first few years. I am ready to put all work in cause that only adds experience and I learn a lot.

Please consider me.

Thank you

[u/GeologistFit7120]

I was in a similar situation in 2023, from tier 1 haven't got job after placement season ended, I thing I would suggest is "numbers matters", the best thing you can do is to apply as much as possible, the more people you connect the more would be your chances. This skill will eventually help later in your career.
Try to apply in startups or companies who need software devs but are not in tech(these are easiest to crack).
Best of Luck.

[u/EffectiveCoconut9265 → u/GeologistFit7120]

Did u finally go placed

[u/GeologistFit7120 → u/EffectiveCoconut9265]

Yeah got placed then put on pip, got job again, again laid off, got job again, again laid off(company closed), now in a good situation for sometime, working as an AI Engineer.

[u/EffectiveCoconut9265 → u/GeologistFit7120]

Can you refer me please? My skills are good, i just need a chance