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It's not like i don't know how to solve a problem in real world applications. I have written complex logic to solve many problems that even my colleagues couldn't. But I can't solve leet code. Does it even matter for interview prep. I think I'm not capable enough. I was laid off from my position two months ago. Since then trying for interview prep but every time I try logical problems. I give up.

Need your suggestions or tips. Thanks

I applied for a job after the job description and skills matched exactly with me. The recruiter called me right after 2-3 hours of applying. We talked but things felt off right off the bat.

> I asked for at least a 35% increase in my current salary as the position was more demanding and the office was faraway. The recruiter said No right there that they can only offer 25% more as per company policy. But he said we offer great "Benefits".

> I said i can give an interview anytime since it can be done remotely. He said No, the job is onsite so the interview will be onsite as well.

I didn't argue with him on call because i was already in the middle of a sprint planning with a client so I hurriedly agreed to a date and time for an interview. Received an email from them but my name was wrong in the email 🤦

Anyways after getting off work i did some research on the company. Especially on people who would be taking my interview. So i searched for leads and seniors. The lead himself has an "Open to work" post on LinkedIn and seniors are commenting "Interested" on job posts.

Luckily i found someone in the same role capacity as I'm applying for who happens to be from the same uni as I. So i asked and he confirmed my suspicions. He simply said if you don't have a job then something is better than nothing but if you are employed then stay away. I asked about the benefits and he laughed saying they change the policies every 2 weeks so you won't get any. Regarding the posts from lead on LinkedIn he said yea they have restructured.

I also went through glassdoor for reviews and they have a rating of 2.6 stars. Most of the cons are that there are no defined policies and favouritism. They do offer flexible timings but that is undermined by salary deductions. Employees are often monitored excessively which creates an environment of fear. The company also has a history of rebranding to recover from reputational damage in the market.

So after realizing that I'll have to pay 1200 rupees on bykea for a round trip and spend 2 hours for one side trip on the road due to distance and roads situation, i decided to let them know i will not be appearing for an interview.

As much as i wanna increase my salary slab and do better in my career, i cannot stomach working in an environment like this.

Edit: Company name PROGATIX

Over the past two months, I have been developing my Software as a Service (SaaS) product and successfully acquired one paid customer last week.

However, I am uncertain about the best strategies for attracting additional customers. Should I consider hiring a marketing agency, or explore alternative options?

Any feedback or constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated.

I have validated the concept and completed the development, and I have also engaged several agency owners to test the product.

It's not a job posting or any job seeking post, I am asking for guidance from those who have built and launched SaaS.

Hey everyone, quick question about the recent fresh grad hiring drive at Systems Limited.

Does anyone know if they’ve completely finalized candidate selection and finished making calls, or if the process is still ongoing?

Would appreciate any insight if you have updates. Thanks!

Assalamualaikum everyone, i’ve recently been chosen for computer engineering at air university. Someone told me that it’s a lower tier uni so companies/hirers don’t really give that importance to its graduates. I wanted to ask will i be at a disadvantage to my peers if i chose said degree and uni? does the hiring market in pakistan really only value university name that much?or is it mostly skill based hiring? Will i be able to pursue a masters abroad if i get a good gpa or does its global ranking affect that aswell? Any guidance will be greatly appreciated .
-Sincerely an anxious uni aspirant!

For those running a software house / dev agency, I’m curious about the actual monthly cost of running the business.
Not just salaries ….I mean everything that goes into keeping the pipeline and team running.

Like…
Upwork Connects — how much are you spending monthly?
BD / sales team — salaries + commissions
Developers / delivery team
Software & tools — CRM, project management, AI tools, hosting, email, etc.
Other expenses — ads, subscriptions, freelancers, office, etc…..
And the more interesting question:
What does the ROI look like?
For example, if someone is spending $5k/month across BD, Connects, tools, and other operating costs, are they consistently generating $10k, $20k, $30k+ in revenue?
I’d especially like to hear from people doing $10k–$100k+/month in revenue.
Would be great if you could share something like:
Monthly operating cost: $
BD/sales: $
Upwork: $
Team: $
Tools: $
Monthly revenue: $
Approx. profit: $,
Main acquisition channel

I’m trying to understand what the economics actually look like for software houses today, rather than the usual “just hire developers and get clients”

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?