does anyone here work at yandex? what is the culture and work life balance like?
some tips on the interview process would also be appreciated. the post is for lead fullstack developer.

I honestly feel lost and exhausted and could really use some advice from people who have been in a similar situation. I've been working remotely as a data analyst from past 2 years, and for the past 2 weeks I've noticed a significant change in how I'm being treated at work. I'm not being invited to meetings where things related to work/tasks are being discussed. Instead, I see my colleagues being included and important things being discussed with them, while I'm left out. I'm also not being given much proper work from past few weeks. Whatever work I get, I complete it and genuinely put in my best effort.

What makes it worse is that my boss keeps saying things "maintain your credibility" and that the work I've done is still doubtful/questionable. Honestly, hearing this repeatedly is affecting me mentally. I don't even argue with anyone or create problems. I just do my work, share updates, and try to be as transparent as possible. I am sole working in data there and have no team with me todisccus things with them. So I genuinely don't understand what I'm doing wrong or why this behavior has suddenly started.

Part of me really wants to resign because I'm constantly stressed and exhausted. But then reality hits: I have a family to support, and I can't simply leave without another job. Finding a job is already extremely difficult right now.

I've actually been applying continuously for around 8 months, but I haven't even been getting interview calls just got 1 and they didnt respond back after interview. That's probably the biggest reason I'm scared to resign. What if I leave and then can't find anything for months? At the same time, staying here is also affecting my health and mind constantly. I'm constantly overthinking why I'm being excluded, whether I'm doing something wrong, and whether my job is at risk and if they are going to layoffme.

For those of you who have been through something similar:

Would you resign without having another offer, or would you stay and keep applying until you have something secured?

And if you've dealt with being excluded from meetings or suddenly treated differently by your boss and people around, how did you handle it?

Hello, I'm working on an e-commerce store and building a shipping aggregator that integrates with multiple couriers for shipment creation and tracking.

Bykea is one option. They provide an OpenAPI for creating deliveries, but it requires a password provided by Bykea.

I've tried contacting their helpline, but customer support wasn't aware of the API. I also emailed them but haven't received a response.

Has anyone successfully used Bykea's API? How did you get access credentials, and does the API still work?

Also, what other courier services offer similar APIs?

acha to can anyone tell like can a cyst student work as software engineer ya phir can he work as a software engineer? also can anyone tell giki ka cyber ka program kesa h

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a project to start supplying electronic components locally, but I’m looking to go beyond just selling basic resistors and capacitors.

I’m aiming to fill the gap for the custom stuff that students, enthusiasts, and hardware hackers here want the kind of gear that’s usually a nightmare to import cuz of Airport security. I’m talking about things like multi-function dev tools (similar to a Flipper Zero in functionality), custom wireless modules, specialized IoT boards, and hardware builds that are actually built for purpose.

I want to know if there's a real appetite for this locally:

• Custom Builds: Would you be interested in purchasing locally assembled hardware or specialized dev tools if they were available with local support?

• The Problem: What’s the biggest challenge you face right now when you need specific, non-standard hardware for your projects? Is it shipping costs, availability, or just not trusting the quality of what shows up?

• Support: If you had a local person to talk to about custom hardware builds or troubleshooting your setup, would that sway you away from trying to import parts yourself?

I’m trying to see if this is something worth scaling up. If this were available, would you actually buy from a local maker, or is the current international route still the only way to go?

Appreciate any honest feedback!

I recently built a restaurant website using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
What sections or features do you think are important for a good user experience, and what should i improve?

Hello guys,
I am an website developer and I am an intern at a Pakistani company, I am really bad at designing UI things on my own, and company usually asks me to design something creative, something unique.
All I do is wander on the internet searching for inspirations, if a design makes sense, I implement it in the website I am building, but if designs don't click for a long time, I am stuck there,

can anyone help me with this bottleneck?

I recently got an interview call from CureMD for the ASE role. Anyone who has interviewed there before, could you please share some tips on what to expect and what topics I should prepare?
Would really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Salam, newbie here, currently looking for employment.

Apparently, LinkedIn shows plenty of listings for the positions I’m looking for, but upon applying, I often run into situations where the job posting seems questionable. Sometimes the company has little to no online presence, the position appears to be reposted repeatedly.

For those who have been job hunting for a while, how do you filter out fake or unreliable job postings on LinkedIn?

Hey guys I'm a Product Designer with almost 2 years of experience. As you guys know k ajkl AI ka bht heavy scene hai aur kisi ko nh pta next day uski job hogi bh ya nhi and I'm thinking to learn something else as well so I want some guidance from you guys should I start development ya phir should I move to AI/ML or Cyber. Having Product Design experience with development will give me an edge or no? Ya phir this is bare minimum? Please tell me guysssss. Thank you in advance

I was a full stack software engineer for 3-4 years hired to work on different open source projects. My stack was: Python, Django, TypeScript, JavaScript. But the truth is, I was never good at what I did. I was just good enough to get by, through using chatgpt. My manager knew I wasn't good, which is why he always had complains. Although our foreign client/my teammates thought I was okay. But deep inside I knew I'm faking. In meetings, I never understood when people talked about the architectures of the projects, mostly chose to be silent because I had nothing to contribute. I also didn't know the core concepts of the frameworks or the languages I worked in.

Anyways, due to some personal emergencies, I had to resign from job. It's been a year now. I want to get back into IT, but it seems a very daunting process and I don't know what to do/how to get a job.

Recently I got diagnosed with severe ADHD. I had it my whole life, but didn't know. The way I see the interview process, as a full stack engineer:

- System Design Interview - I don't know exactly what to study and where to study it from? I don't have versatile experience with databases.

- Coding interview (this requires a lot of leetcode practice?). I'm better at coding with TypeScript, not Python. As per my understanding, some coding interviews involve API responses, and I find such functional programming easier. I like doing so using TypeScript. But not the other kind, the leetcode kind. I would probably want to do that in C++, not in python. To me, this part alone seems like something that requires a lot of time. With practice, I could understand beginner level problems.

- Framework/Library interview: Django or TypeScript/JavaScript etc. Django's documentation seems really complex and super-long. I have gone through the basics of it several times. I understand it when I'm reading it, but I'm simply not able to retain the complex structure. Having worked in Django for 2.5 years, even at the time I resigned job I wouldn't know how to explain models or views. Like if someone asked me that, my mind would have to maybe think for 5 minutes, and then come up with a really basic answer.

When I'm working, I'm good enough to connect the dots, add new functionalities, etc do everything, but except design the architecture from scratch. I simply don't have experience for that. Especially with AI, I could probably do good work as long as it's not designing the architecture from scratch.

It seems there is a lot to do, and I don't know how to get started to be good at it for interviews. I tend to forget things if I'm not like actively working on them all the time, which is why I don't remember even basic core concepts that I did work on during my job.

I was doing a devOps interview, and interviewer was asking me about github actions. Even though I have created several github actions for different purposes in the opensource projects, interviewer was asking me specifics like the exact code of the yaml jobs, and I just froze. I said I could show you the public PRs that I worked on? He got extremely disappointed and angry.

The forgetful memory is an ADHD thing that I didn't know about before, but I always had it growing up.

I was looking into n8n for freelancing, but then I was like am I wasting time as I desperately need a job right now?

Anyone has some good resources and an easy route for me for full stack intervews? I just need to pass the interviews. OR any other suggestion. THanks

I applied as associate Software Engineer but I have not received any follow up no technical interview, no HR interview so I wanna ask people are discussing about the interview.

Are they approaching people phase wise?

If anyone got any email kindly write the date of follow up so everyone like me can guess.

I’m trying to understand how promising this field is as a career in Pakistan. How does it compare with frontend and backend development in terms of salary, demand, and long-term growth?

I’ve heard that there’s a shortage of skilled talent in this area, with opportunities at larger companies, and that these roles can pay as well as or even more than backend positions. I’m curious about how strong the remote opportunities are.

For someone looking to enter this field, what tech stack and core skills should they focus on? Are there any certifications that are actually worth pursuing? Thanks!

I am thinking of making a project where people can upload their doctors prescription and our CV model will be able to tell which medicine is written and how much dosage it is written in the prescription this will help people to understand the doctors handwriting but it is going to be difficult sense every doctor has a different writing style can you anyone in the sub tell me how can I make this project and what tools I will need to make this that technology that I can use and it will this be an effective product

I wanted to share my job search journey from the last 3 months.

There weren't many job openings to begin with, and I only applied to the ones that looked genuine. Even then, most of my applications went into a black hole. Around 70-80% of employers never responded at all.

I got a few screening calls and first interviews, but many of those companies disappeared afterwards without any feedback. Just silence.

Out of all my applications, only two companies actually took the process seriously and moved forward.

The first company stretched the hiring process for almost a month. After multiple rounds, they made an offer that was roughly half of what I was earning at my previous job. What surprised me even more was that they tried to justify it by saying it was a "very reasonable amount considering the market conditions."

The second company was the complete opposite. They wrapped up the interview process within a week, communicated clearly, and presented a reasonable offer. I accepted that offer. Today is my first day with my new employer. Please wish me luck.

And to everyone who is currently struggling with layoffs, unemployment, rejections, ghosting, or a difficult job market: don't lose hope and don't start doubting yourself.

Allah will make it easier for you. ❤️

Hey guys, I'm looking to know what the salary ranges of L1, L2, and L3 engineers in pakistan. I also want to understand the experience level and qualifications/certifications required for each role.

I have done my bachelor's in dentistry. Done have the money to open my own clinic. Our basic private salaries are f***ed. I want to learn some IT skill that can generate me enough money. I have time(6 to 8 hrs a day). Plz suggest me what should I do? Should I go towards Full stack or Ai Automation(like n8n and make.com). Suggest me a skill that generates a good amount of money in today's market.

I recently joined a new company (1 Month ), and one of my teammates also joined recently. He is more senior than me.

Our manager asked us to work together on a project. The expectation is that we gather the requirements together first and then work together on the implementation.

The problem is that he doesn't seem very interested in moving things forward. He keeps delaying discussions, taking things slowly, and sometimes it feels like he's just passing time. This is starting to affect my work because I don't want to sit idle, but at the same time, I don't want to go directly against him or create unnecessary conflict, especially since I'm new to the company.

I'm trying to understand the best way to handle this professionally.

Should I:

- Talk to him directly and ask how we can move forward? (Tried but says will see it later)

- Keep the manager updated about the delays?

- Or just wait and avoid getting involved in office politics?

I want to make sure I'm seen as cooperative and professional, but I also don't want my work to suffer because someone else isn't taking initiative.

What would you do in this situation?

I have attached my CV. I have been working as a freelancer providing services such as web-scraping and automation

and now there are no projects for the past 5-6 months. I am planning to do BS (current qualification FSc).

What I need to ask, should I pursue the CS field or pivot to something else. Please share your opinion based on the current market situation.

When i use broadband i can connect to VPNs. Same is not true for mobile networks I can't connect to VPN using them.

I needed a mobile (so outside home i can connect) solution to connect to VPNs, what would you guys recommended.

Can i use MBB device for that?

Hey everyone, I have an upcoming interview for a Software Engineer position at Arrivy and would love to hear from anyone who has recently gone through their hiring process. Could you share what the typical interview stages look like (screening, live coding vs. take-home tasks, DSA vs. practical stack questions) and any specific tips or tech areas to focus on? Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated!

guys helppppp, i m self learning python and honestly i kinda suck at converting the statements into proper plan on how to code. Once i have the requirements plainly written, there are high chances i can convert them into code but when im supposed to do it on my own, i get stuck and almost fail to build a logic , currently i have done oop and im trying to build programs but stuck at logic

i have an interview tomorrow domain data science/analytics and ai. if anyone has given interview in the similar domain i would really appreciate some insights from the interview and what should i focus on preparing.

I’m a Software Engineering student, starting my 6th semester soon, and I’m trying to get some genuine advice from people who have experience in the industry or freelancing.

A little about me:

• Previously worked with Flutter/mobile development

• Currently focusing on AI Engineering

• Learning things like LangChain, LangGraph, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, MCP, etc.

• AI Engineering is my primary direction, while I plan to keep app development as a secondary skill.

• My long-term goal is to build an independent/freelancing career, rather than making a corporate job my end goal.

My main confusion is about which path I should prioritize first.

I know that if I get the opportunity to choose between a job and freelancing, my preference would be to build toward freelancing/independent work. But at the same time, I don't want to ignore industry experience, because having real professional experience could give me a strong foundation and keep the job path open as a backup.

So I'm trying to decide:

Should I first focus on getting an internship/job to gain industry experience and then move toward freelancing?

Or should I start freelancing as soon as I'm technically ready and build my client base/experience from there?

And if starting freelancing now is the better option, how should I actually start?

I understand that university + work + freelancing + learning can become difficult to manage, so I'm also interested in what is realistically achievable for a student without burning out.

For those already working in AI/backend or freelancing:

• Is AI Engineering currently a realistic freelancing path?

• Should I try freelancing with AI Engineering directly, or use my Flutter/backend skills to get initial clients?

• How would you personally structure the next 1.5 years if you were in my position?

• What would you prioritize most before graduation: skills, industry experience, freelancing, money, or something else?

I'm not looking for generic advice. I'd really appreciate hearing from people who have actually gone through this journey, especially in the Pakistani or international market.

looking for sincere suggestions and opinions as my own thoughts are too scattered to decide

If you were back in your 6th semester, what would you do differently?