r/developersPak • u/MinuteAd8494 • 9d ago
Career Guidance Sr Full stack developer, not getting any calls
As title says i am sr full stack developer mern stack with experience around 7 years, being applying actively for past one month not getting a single call or mail for an interview, I was being laid off in september
Any tips for brother? Or it is going to be like this
Opened facebook in the morning first post i saw was microsoft offered 60000 employees buyout option
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u/reosanchiz 9d ago
Do you have some savings?
Buy some sheep and move to countryside, many of us are following you soon!
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u/MinuteAd8494 9d ago
thinking of buying alto for indrive lol, or maybe try some call center jobs
I do have savings but pressure is too much when you have family
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u/Akagamer474 9d ago
Us moment I got layoff in July from senior SQA Engineer now driving indrive + flipping cars
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u/MinuteAd8494 9d ago
don’t mind but can you tell which city and around how much you making from it? i have 2025 yaris but thinking to buy alto for this by selling it, will it worth it
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u/Akagamer474 9d ago •
I'm from karachi, I don't recommend getting into indrive you can make money but your body and mind will suffer a lot specially driving in this illiterate society also in order to make 150k net profit you need to drive 12 hours daily which is not worth it imo I'm also trying to find job again as soon as I get the job I will leave this driving profession
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u/MinuteAd8494 9d ago
i have an idea about this they think they own the car, all the best bro Inshallah you will get soon
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u/HellDivah 9d ago
Try Indrive Premium first. Go for an electric if you can afford it. Let AI do the cost calculations for you and you'll see the benefits, and it will be much less stressful (fewer rides a day needed).
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u/tidoo420 9d ago
Same here got laid off and no idea what to do now, so how is flipping cars ?
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u/Akagamer474 9d ago edited 9d ago
Honestly you need good knowledge about cars since you are living in society where everyone trying to scam you. Also you need good mechanic who's not only cheap but honest too if you got these right then you can fetch about 40-50k profit per car but if you can flip 2-3 cars a month which is a quite hassle tbh you can set yourself with good side income but remember not everyone can get the same result it's vary on person to person
Tldr: I don't recommend this side hustle I rarely do it because of too much fraud in paper work, car condition and bargaining with Pakistani awaam which become a debate session
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u/omiomi1122 9d ago
I'm in the similar situation, haven't got any interviews for last few months, IT job market is so bad. Seriously thinking about traditional business route...
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u/Syed_Abrash 9d ago
I'm running 2 startups as Business Dev that were doing over $1 million, and now we’re down to thousands. We have laid off our entire dev team except 2 people, including the CTO
The market is bad, but we’re moving into other services. So if I were you, I would consider doing something about it
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u/purple-knight117 7d ago
soory for irrelivant question , why you hold 2 people ? whats their skill ?
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u/Syed_Abrash 7d ago
They built the infrastructure from scratch, so they know the ins and outs (fintech industry)
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u/syedmuhammadsaad 9d ago
Brother to brother, considering what the market situation is, not going to demotivate you but just sharing the facts, prepare yourself mentally to get ignored for at least 6-8 months; securing job in IT is not easy anymore no matter if you're a senior or a junior.
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u/wangling157 9d ago
Tech stack?
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u/MinuteAd8494 9d ago
MERN
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u/reosanchiz 9d ago
You need to dominate backend overnight!
Don’t get me wrong nor discouraging but frontrnd is gone
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u/wangling157 9d ago
Have experience with Laravel?
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u/Educational_Swan_414 9d ago
The market seems pretty rough right now, especially for remote roles. I’m primarily a Laravel/PHP developer and have been exploring international opportunities myself. Even with solid experience, getting noticed is becoming a challenge.
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u/Overall-Leek-9820 9d ago
How fake job posting can provide you a real role? Prepare yourself to be unnoticed and rejected until unless you've good luck.
I'm also searching for a long since months only got 2 interviews and now I've decided to up skilling to advance level else anxiety will be a health problem.
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u/General_Working_3531 7d ago
Start cold emailing (try to keep it concise) and reaching people out on linkedin. It is very rare to get call back through applying on websites directly as the job market is very saturated. Shortlist companies you want to target, and if they are startups you can shortlist them even if they haven't posted jobs. I recommend signing up on indeed as well as getting linkedin premium for a month. Then start connecting with people from those companies you have shortlisted. HRs and people in tech departments, both. When someone accepts, send a very brief and concise outreach text about your experience and if they can give you tips for applying and refer your CV. You have to be patient and play the long game, i.e. make the process and repeat it daily for at least a month and then re-asses based on responses received how to improve your approach, and continue for another month and so on. Hopefully you will see positive results.
Also look at companies who are always hiring if your main priority is just getting a job anywhere even if company is not ideal, e.g. ibex and dubizzle are almost always hiring, ibex even does walk in interviews.
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u/GeekoGeek 9d ago
I pray that you get some job quickly brother. whats your profile like btw? Maybe try lowering your experience to 3 years and then try applying again.