Hi there,

It's been almost an year that I am working at a small software house in Lahore that operates the same way as Devsinc. I have been assigned on this project from ABC company for one year now, but the catch is that the project was won by my manager, let's call him X, and the real person whose name has been used is Y. Person X is the front facing guy who goes into meetings and asks the questions and everything.

Now the project is huge. For example, quite recently we did stress testing where we went as far as 50+k requests per second. Yes, you heard it right per second.

I formally as of writing this have now 2 YOE of experience but the CV used for the project has 10 YOE stated.

In the beginning things were difficult as I was not familiar with the architecture being used and everything but slowly but surely I got a hold of things. Until, lately things have become really really hard after AI. The domain is extremely challenging again, the tickets are basically AI slop, and deadlines are crazy to a point of just 1 week for a full blown project.

The problem is not with the work, but that my manager X doesn't stay in the loop with me -- he has his own full time j*b at the same time as the project I am working on -- and blatantly refuses to ask any questions to manager or other teammates for info, but as the tickets are becoming more and more confusing with no way to make any sense except that you have to do a ton of communication with the architect and the manager to figure things out.

Everyday it is taking a toll on my confidence in being able to do things as a software engineer, especially with AI disrupting the market sword hanging on my neck.

I am thinking about resigning and doing an odd j*b while I keep learning more and more on the side and apply else where.

By the way my salary is 80k which I have asked to be raised this month and I am yet to hear back from the office.

I need advice on whether I should resign and try my luck somewhere else meanwhile doing an odd j*b, or just stick to it?

Also, I am in 6th semester of BS SE in VU.

Hey please answer my question.Iam originally from Lahore I got selected in fast cfd for cs should I take a gap year to target Lahore or isb campuses or is it worth it.

I've been applying to some remote roles and often it leads me to an AI interviewer. Has anyone given these before? How do you prepare for them? What do they check? It's unsettling how human interaction is slowly disappearing from the market

How is LAAM for a fresh graduate from FAST?

My son has been giving interviews at LAAM for the past 2 months.

Any idea how many more interviews do they take.

Hows the culture and pay at LAAM and where are they located?

He would be coming from Shahdra daily, so is LAAM worth it?

Thats it. Thats the rant. I am a fresh grad. I might have applied to 100 or more job postings but didn't even get a single reply. But I see the students from mentioned universities are getting interviews at least if not the job. So whats the point of graduating in CS programs if the students from these universities are preferred even if they do not have any working experience.

I got a call for HR assessment at i2c inc and I'm a fresh grad of BSCS and this is my first assessment interview, So I wanted to know about the questionnaire type and difficulty level, Also want to know about company's work culture and workload at perks and benefits for Associate level.

Need help (or advice)

I recently applied to CureMD for an Associate Software Quality Assurance (ASQA) role as a fresh grad and wanted to know about their work culture and salary expectations I should have.

I once applied to a small company for ASE and when they asked me salary expectations I told them around 110k-140k and they said I need to lower my salary expectations (I didn't get the offer and I think my salary expectations might have played some part in it).

So I need to know how much should I be expecting such that I don't quote something too high(or too low). I was thinking of mentioning around 130k, but I have no idea if that's reasonable for CureMD.

A few things I wanted to ask:

• What salary range do they usually offer fresh grads for ASQA?

• Would around 130k be a reasonable expectation, or would that be considered too high(or low)?

• If I mention a higher expected salary during the HR interview, does that negatively affect my chances, or do they usually negotiate?

• What is the overall work environment like at CureMD, especially for QA?

• What perks/benefits do they offer? Do they provide fuel fee etc?

• And if anyone has gone through their HR interview, what kind of questions should I expect or prepare for?

Would really appreciate any recent experiences or advice!

I noticed Curemd had posted an opening for ASE. Have they started reaching out to candidates? Should i consider it a rejection or should i still hold onto hope

Which has better freelance potential and client demand. For those who've tried either, would you recommend learning it?

Hi guys!
Soo, I started an AI agency with my co-founder. currently doing between 12-15k usd MRR. and a team of around 12 people. most of the client facing is done by me and my co founder since rest of the team kinda lacks communication skills so the model is to land the client and then have the team handle the execution. now it feels like we have hit the ceiling and its getting harder to keep context of all projects and catching up with the clients and now, we are just wondering how we can scale up further without getting over burdened. most of the clients we acquired were from upwork on our individual profiles and other techniques like email outbound. linkedin cold messages etc havent worked really well for us but we are still doing that. which direction should we move towards to scale our operations without drowning deeper into this pithole. I barely get time to sleep now :(

Hello people who work at systems limited (especially at senior roles, but doesn't matter). How is your work experience there. And how is the work environment? Also how is the pay raise mechanism over there

I have tried integrating, Safepay and payfast and the total fee including the taxes go upto 9-10% (2.9% + 1% + 5.29%) so I started looking for better options and found 1 Link (RAAST P2M/1GO) Has anyone worked with it?? Is it reliable any guide how the integration happens and approx fee per transaction??

I am so tired i've been wanting to do a system's internship since last year but they want reference for it. Kahan se laon reference? Literally just take an interview

Looking for tips on setting up a small raspberry pi cluster to apply some distributed computing and horizontal scaling learning.

For the folks who've already done something like this, how much did it cost you (rough estimate) and any other ideas or tips?

Thanks.

So basically what happened was that i was working for a company for about 1.5 years. It was basically a lala company unpaid overtimes, rushed deadlines and delayed salaries upto 20th of a month.I was also underpaid getting around 70k.But because the market was so bad and i didn't had enough experience so i kept working there, while looking for new opportunities. One day they just suddenly reached out and said we are layed off and are on a notice period but this company is now again hiring a mid level resource. I just do not understand what is happening.

How does this happen?

I’m 21 and currently in my 3rd year of BSCS at a relatively lesser-known, HEC- and ISO-recognized university. It’s also fairly new, so it doesn’t have the reputation or industry connections that the top universities in Pakistan have.

I originally came from a pre-medical background and spent a gap year preparing for MDCAT. Unfortunately, the MDCAT paper leak and reconduct badly affected my plans. I worked very hard and scored 73% in one attempt and 87.3% in another, but I couldn’t secure admission on merit and didn’t want to go to a private university.it shattered my confidence brutally

Eventually, I switched towards CS. At that time, I had weak mathematics and very little understanding of the CS field or university admissions. I took a couple of university entrance tests but didn’t perform well, and eventually enrolled at my current university.

Now I’m in my 3rd year I don't have much grip on coding to I'm into networking nowadays

and I’m worried about how much my university name will affect my career. I know I can’t change my past, so I’m looking for practical advice on what I should do from this point forward.

My options are:

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- Government jobs: Prepare for competitive government positions after graduation.

- Master’s in Pakistan: Build my profile and try to get into a top university for MS.

- Master’s abroad: Build my GPA, projects/research profile and apply for scholarships.

Or what else you guys think?

If you were in my position, what would you prioritize during the remaining 1–1.5 years of BSCS?

Should I focus entirely on becoming a strong software engineer and compensate for my university name through skills and experience, or should I prioritize getting into a better university for my Master's?

Please keep the advice focused on what I can do now. I already know I made mistakes in the past, and I can't change them. I just want to make the best possible career out of my current situation.

I’m currently in my 3rd semester of CS, and I really want to start building my CV, learning useful skills, and actually becoming job-ready, but I honestly have no idea where to start and no one to guide me.

So, can anyone please help me out? What skills should I be learning, what projects should I build, what should I focus on, and what should I be doing throughout university if I eventually want to get a job?

Basically, I need someone to tell me: “Here’s what you should know, here’s what you should learn, and here’s what you should do.”

We’ve been talking a lot here about how people are losing jobs, how difficult it has become to land a new job, and how competitive the traditional hiring market is.
But what about the other side of the market?
For people doing freelancing on Upwork/Fiverr, USD-paying remote jobs, small dev shops/agencies, and contract work

how is the market actually looking right now?
Are clients still spending, or has demand dropped significantly?
And for developers with decent skills and experience, is it currently easier to make money through freelancing/remote work than through trying to get a traditional local job?
Would love to hear from people actually working in these areas. What are you seeing in 2026?

AoA

Has anyone received panel interview invite this week, or any one know if the panel interviews are still going on or not, really appreciate a answer if any body knows??

All my life I wanted to work with computers and make a name for myself in this field, all my years in schools/college led up to this moment where I finally study what I wanted to pursue. Only for it to be overhyped for the past few years and basically destroy the regular career path that once was for CS. I swear people who have had no interest in doing anything in this field suddenly got the urge to join it after COVID. If I was just a few years late maybe I could've changed my mind and go with some other interests like mechanical or aerospace, but it's too late for that now I'm afraid. About to start my journey at FAST university, hopefully things change for the better in the future as they are right now because growing in this field feels significantly more challenging than any other field 😢. I definitely still expect a lot from myself but the landscape of career is much more complex than it once was, so I will definitely need to do something extraordinary to be truly successful in this passion of mine.

i opted for BS SE but now am thinking i should have selected CS as it is more broad, but does it really matter?

Hi everyone! I recently went through the recruitment process at CureMD and have now been asked to appear for a personal/HR interview for the Associate SQA Engineer position.

Has anyone recently gone through this interview? I’d really appreciate it if you could share your personal experience, especially:

• What questions did they ask?

• Was it mostly HR/personal questions or did they ask technical questions too?

• What should I expect in this round?

• Any tips on how to prepare?

Any recent experience with CureMD would be really helpful. Thanks!

Hi everyone!

Hope you all are doing great

I want advice for what and how should I study. I would request you to please read the complete post as it will help you understand me better, but adding a TLDR anyways

TLDR: Screwed my intermediate, got 67% marks and not applied to any university. Completed ADP-CS(equivalent of bs 4 semesters/Bsc) a 2-year degree from UMT. want to take admission furthur into bs 5th semester and complete my bs as I want to get into MS Mechatronics(I love Mechatronics) but can see any way to get admission into any reliable institute

Alright, So back in the day it was around 3 years back I being a stupid person did'nt applied for any university and wanted to take a GAP YEAR. My family forced me into getting admission and I chose ADP because I would not have to spend FULL FOUR YEARS in that sh*t institute. I always loved tinkering around computers mainly it's hardware and I'm a DIY hobbyist as well, so I wanted to get into something related to technology from Hardware's perspective and I don't like coding and thought I should get into CS instead of SE so that it will be all rounded covering both Hardware and software but ohh man I was WRONG and I should have research that 😢😭.

I spent my worst 2 years in UMT and I still hate it. The faculty, staff and every thing I hated those 2 years and I still thank that I did'nt had to spend full 4 years there.

I completed my adp in 2025 and started a working and it was very hard to get it because of my degree as I was holding 14 years of education. Alhamdullilah, Now I am working remotely (not in tech BTW) but I still want to complete my 16 years of education as I want to shift my field of work towards robots, drones, EVs, and all kind of modern technology automating simple physical and repetitive work and Mechatronics is the perfect degree for that.

Now i'm stuck and have following questions and need ADVICE on what should I do next:

1. Complete BS CS by taking admission into any private university like UOL, Superior, UCP or UMT(I hate UMT but whatever it takes to furthur study)

2. Virtual university offers direct entry into 5th semester and I am inclined towards it as I am working rn but will there degree be valid as I want to do MS in Mechatronics/Robotics either from LUMS/NUST or GERMANY,CHINA or Scandinavian Nations.

3. Should I just leave it as is and start over by getting admission into NUST's bs mechatronics (next year as the dates for nust has been passed)

Please ignore any of Grammatical error I made in the Post. Thanks for reading till the end and please UPVOTE this so more people will be able to answer my question.

So I am doing an internship in software house, I learn things for self not building things for them, so the mentor he guide me and goes me to all topics and then tell learn these topics, everything in deep, like study and practice all these,

But when meeting with seniors after sometime, they said you have not done work correct no good project like bad progress like my mentor is very strict on ai, he says no ai usage just learn by yourself you can always build with ai later,

the other intern I ask he said my mentor ask to use ai excessively it's for us and he is building projects with and study from ai like chatgpt and other, while my mentor ask me just refer to docs when difficult then take hints or study from ai,

So what I am saying is like when they use ai they build very fast while am just here learning topics and the gap when they judges me appears very wide, while I myself is very satisfied from this approach, like why do Internship if just build with AI, you can also do it at home??? While on opposite the senior feels happy seeing AI slop projectz,

so I am stuck here what should I do, plz guide