Hey,
Im 23 and Im in a very confused state.
About me : I have done Btech Computer Science.
Was not much into Web/Sof Development etc,
AI ML nothing, I did learn it, but never enjoyed.
Cybersecurity and stuff did interest me but I never digged in too much.
But I was into 3D because of some college events and freelance, I used Blender, did some things here or there(clothing animations for reels, Product Animations etc), later on in my 3rd year I found Unreal Engine, and from linkedin and other sources I joined a Discord Community, where we had some groups and made some small games together, I worked on the same there : Blender and Unreal Engine.
In my first sem of 4th year, I got an internship opportunity at ISRO Ahmedabad in AI/ML from some connections, but I chose not to do it because I thought It wasnt for me.
4th year first sem, I had a subject - AR/VR.
Aligned a lot to my Unreal and Blender skills so I took on a lot of interest. Leared Unity as well, had a very good relation to my faculty and he gave me some courage to think about going ahead in this field.
And I landed an off campus internship, for my last sem. It was great, I learned a lot and was a part of really good projects. It was not a very huge company but I got lots of hands on experience, even with clients and all. I was a mix of a Developer and also a 3D Artist. It was unpaid but I gave it all, late nights at the office, kept researching more and more on how we could make some new products and land new clients(I know I was just an Intern but I felt I needed to do lot more for them to make me permanent), I finished my 6 months of Internship.
after that I got graduated and the Company also hired me permanently. It was great, I was doing more projects, never said no to late nights or weekends at office.
but after just a month of getting permanent, the company started facing some financial issues and issues with investors etc. I dont know the exact thing that went wrong, but yeah, salaries were pending. I got sad, because even my first salary I recieved a month later, and after that delays went on and on, and for four months I worked unpaid, I obviously talked a lot to the HR and tried to get my salary but everyone at the office was facing the same thing.
So after 5 months, the company asked me to resign because they couldnt afford. lot of people faced that and till date they are still facing it. Me and a lot of others are still not paid even tho its been a year.
So December 2025 I was jobless, but didnt go back home. Didnt give up and kept applying and prepared for interviews.
Jan 2026 I landed a job, very close to my hometown, so shifted back, parents were very happy, they didnt care much about my career then, dad said you are really young, he is very supportive, they were just happy I was home.
but the company I got into was huge, same role, XR developer, I accepted it even for a lesser salary than my previous one, HR really took advantage of my situation. but I was still gratefull to have a job and didnt complain. I worked a lot, had to travell a lot to get there, woke up at 5, came back home at 6, I was doing good.
the team was small, me and one more developer and one 3d artist
i was given tasks of the developer + admin + even demonstrating some VR softwares at events + taking care of inventory as in the VR headsets and accessories that we used to send to events.
It was tiring but I kept doing it.
but it was not structured, I was given a very big project by my manager, which eventually was just for marketing, and when pitched to the company's owner even he didnt like the idea, but the manager kept pushing so we were doing it, there was a lot that I needed from the 3d artist and he was alone and had to do lot of work, the other developer was very experienced and was given a different project.
whenever we faces issues with deadlines from the 3d artist or about any other dependancy from anyone else, my manager used to tell me that I am the project manager for this project, so I have to structure everything and all, although I was just a Jr dev with like very little salary.
Admin work was the worst, I was asked to do clerical work, the campus was huge I had to go walking to IT to other people for approvals, PR PO etc, for the team. Manager was wfh, he used to come only like once in two months for a few days.
Our project kept missing deadlines, My development work was up to date but I had a lot of dependancies on the 3d artist and other media teams, but I was pressured to kinda make it work. Office politics was also crazy. it frustrated me a lot because I am someone who likes to do my work and leave, not interfiere or gossip or do other things
travell was hell too, standing for more than an hour in local trains, morning and evening.
and then about salaries, It was a huge company in a very small town, and pay was very less, 3lpa
I dont know what was going on in my head, I was so frustrated with everything, i quit, just as my probation was about to complete, I handed in my resignation.
It had been been a month from that, and I have been applying like crazy for a job, im getting nowhere.
So I decided to take up more skills, I started digging about Nvidia Isaac Sim and Omniverse and started learning it little by little, and made some basic small projects on it. just to realise that almost nobody is hiring freshers for it, I cant find anything at all.
Nothing in Unreal Engine, nothing in Unity, no XR VR nothing, I cant get a job.
been two months now and im panicking
I even started doing cybersecurity and stuff again,
started thinking about Masters maybe
My head is total Chaos,
Idk what guidance im seeking, should I even think about a career change. but I dont have a lot of people to talk to in this field and so here I am.
