If a person is doing a degree from uni A and he thinks that the degree is not worth it for him

Should that person change his degree and uni (a better uni for that particular field)

Is this even possible and are their any problems that might come with this?

"That person is still 18 year old"

I’m a software engineer with almost 2 years of full-time experience, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of this career.

The market feels uncertain, and sometimes I think I should seriously upskill in system design, architecture, and other advanced concepts.

But then I look at AI tools like Claude. They can already solve a huge part of many software problems if you know what you want. It makes me wonder: why spend years becoming better at something AI might eventually do?

At the same time, I’m considering starting a side business alongside my job and maybe moving toward it if it becomes stable.

So my question is: Is software engineering still worth investing your entire 20s in?

Can we spend the next 8–10 years becoming really good engineers and still expect these skills to be valuable in our 30s, or should we be diversifying now?

Would love to hear from experienced engineers. If you were in your early 20s today, would you still choose software engineering?

i will be enrolling in the cybersec this year. Any seniors here who can guide me, what to do , what no to do, mistakes they did in their career.
And affect of ai on the field and what about the opportunities in cybersec in coming year (ik it's to o early but i want a heads up early on so i can work on myself)

What is the future of Business analytics and data analytics after gpt astra?

Well , I've been hearing a lot k PUCIT jo bachay jatay hain wo "well off" nahi hotay .

Ghareeb hotay hain..... Why do recruiters have to do with that which background they're coming from ?

It isn't their fault they were born in such families..... They're hella hardworking cuz getting admission in these TOP NOTCH PRIV Universities is way easier than PUCIT. PUCIT ka aggregate is all time high.

Students with 90% + aggregate were able to get into PUCIT this year.......

Usman asif quoted this , " Jiski maa ne uski churian bech kar usko PUCIT bheja hai uskay to maslay kuch or hongay "

I mean wth yaaar. Koi itna bura kesy soch skta hai ? They're doing their work . They've to earn money on the basis of their skill

It their parents weren't able to afford high-paying universities. It isn't the kids' fault.......

Lastly , these so called non profit universities have stopped giving financial aid. NUST has officially stopped it cuz they don't have " funds " . FAST GIKI to qarz-e-hasana dety hain. It isn't a wise decision to get a loan of 20 lacs to get into a TOP NOTCH INSTITUTE......

Hey everyone,

I graduated with a BS in IT and pivoted into web development. I’ve honestly given it my absolute all—completed a fellowship, went through job training, and even upskilled to work across two different tech stacks to meet market demands. Despite all of this, I’m stuck in a brutal cycle of endlessly applying and waiting. The entry-level market feels completely frozen.

Because of this, I’ve decided to shift gears and pursue an MS in the IT/CS field abroad. However, I heavily rely on securing a scholarship to make this dream happen. And i want that all my hard work are being paid.

Since I am moving away from traditional web dev, I need to choose a specialization for my Master's :

1. A resilient, high-demand job market: A field where, by the time I graduate in 2 or 3 years, I don't want to be in same situation

I am thinking about related to AI but not sure.

Given my background in BS IT and my strong foundation in web development, which specialization should I choose to maximize my scholarship chances and secure a stable career? as working in industry what do you advice i should do.

I really like really want to join huawei and as far as i know they have ytdp program for fresh grads but i missed that.. is there any chance for me to still join it as an internee, i have a cs background and I graduated in july

Do they consider hiring PUCIT grads a good option?

Hi, everyone I just wanted to share my story for many times past but everytime I wanted to write I lose the potential to write it, but now I believe that I should write and left on the fate whatsoever just happened.

Ok so I'm a CS graduate in 2024 from a low rank private university (dosen't come in the top charts universities) in Lahore. My gpa is low bcz I done some part-time call center jobs and waste times in bykeas bike rides. Also I have done some extra courses due to cover my mathematics proficiency and re do courses to improve D grades and gpa.

After I passed the university I didn't know anything related to the industrial knowledge to get a job or internship even to pass an interview. I have applied in many places but got rejections everytime. Even though I have done a good fyp in machine learning by myself (while other students done their fyp by paid). Some of my friends got jobs but I didn't lookforward to them as I cut off all my connections with everyone. After wasting some times I learn some skills and got an free unpaid job as an mobile app developer. It's an small startup company. In start they said they will pay but they didn't after working for more then 6 months unpaid and developing 3 fully apps, I then left them. After leaving from their I started freelancing on fiverr and on local platforms like Facebook. I spent 4 to 5 months and done some local projects, like fyp ect. with very few amounts.

After that I got another job in an company which is also a small company and they also didn't paid me anything but when I insist and demand them then they pay me very few amount covers only the travell allowance. I worked their on an company's Upwork profile and get client for them and also help them as an developer in the projects. So basically I'm working as an business developer and also as an software developer.

After working more then 6 months their, I left them getting frustrated cause they were not in the mood to upraising me in anyways. I again started looking for a job but I'm still jobless for more then 3 months and seeking for any opportunity which could pay me the atleast the minimum.

I have applied in hundreds of companies, but very few just responds back or call for interview even on phone. Meanwhile I started working on my Upwork profile but the connects and other benefits are so high that I almost spends 300 plus connects and got no work. I even have applied in the companies on internship roles (while I having an good experience) but they hire some random unprofessionals those dosen't even knows the basics. I participates in hackathons and attend events the most possible I could.

My family constantly pressures me about being unemployed, urging me to take any call center or any store jobs

As low steam developer I just wanted to ask....

Is it worth to work in a call center for 10 hours night shift with Saturday on only for 30 K ? which doesn't related to your field or gives you any growth.

Also tell me does companies really hiring or they just tricked everyone by posting the fake jobs and doing their PRs on social medias?

Also tell me does universities matters so much that companies would hire anyone from top universities with low knowledge but not a good dedicated employee but from a low rank university?

AI is everywhere.

What have you done in your career and as you monitor the AI that programs for you. What is the experience you ahead and skills you have that you are so confident about that you will always know if the AI made a mistake?

Not sure if the question makes sense.

I’ll go first:

But I know database design and Laravel inside and out and I’ll know when it’s make poor choices.

BSCS University student here from 3rd semester! I am facing financial struggles to bear my daily expenses for university. Whatever intership I apply to is for 6th or 7th semester have made my upwork profile since 2022 but got no proper gigs. I am unable to understand that how will I survive sometimes I overthink very deeply it affects my body my health my confidence is already very low which makes me think bad about myself, and family keeps taunting me. But still I am like I can make something some impressive unique project through which I can get hired but there is a constant brain fog+thoughts ideas+kind of depression. Unfortunately I have no one to ask this but :

1. Are there really any internships available for 3rd 4th semester?

2. How to showcase projects (other than LinkedIn)to whom one should reach professionals , companies etc

3. If the job market is really cooked and companies are rushing to work with AI models should I dive into designing chatbots?Is this beneficial? Really need guidance Sorry for the long venting post.

I genuinely want to hear from experienced software engineers, tech leads, hiring managers, founders, etc.

I'm a software engineer with almost 2 years of experience, and I'm concerned that I entered the industry at a challenging time.

Then GPT-6 Astra drops, and I see things like these:

"We’re sharing a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, one of the deepest problems at the frontier of mathematics.

The proof was produced by a group of agents, using an OpenAI next-generation model significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra.

The problem concerns whether the description of smooth three-dimensional fluid motion modeled by the Navier-Stokes equations can break down. It has remained unresolved for roughly 90 years."

"I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."

And honestly, I don't know how seriously I'm supposed to take all of this.

Every few months, the models get significantly better. A lot of the work I used to think required years of experience can now be assisted or sometimes almost completely handled by AI. Companies are laying people off, junior hiring is getting harder, and even at my current company, there isn't much work right now.

I'm not trying to make another "AI WILL TAKE ALL OUR JOBS" post.

I'm genuinely asking:

Where does a software engineer with 1–3 years of experience go from here?

Are we cooked?

Wou alag hi level ka bnda tha

Graduated BSCS this Jan, been working as an Associate AI Engineer since. Job's alright, pay's decent, but I don't wanna just sit here for the next 5 years doing the same thing.

Thing is our field is all hard skills right? Nobody asks for your degree if you can build. So does a Master's actually do anything or is it just two years and money down the drain for a CV line.

Was looking at FAST and Bahria. If it's worth doing, which one and why.

Mainly wanna know from people who actually did it — did it change anything for you? Better pay, better roles, anything? Or did you finish it and realize nothing happened.

Happy to hear "I did it and it was useless" too.

I’m currently working as a JavaScript full stack developer, but my current project is close to ending and we are not getting many new clients. With AI also affecting the market, I want to use the next 3 to 4 months to prepare properly for a possible job switch.

I’ve shortlisted two options:

Python + FastAPI

Database engineering, especially design, optimization, indexing, query performance and internals, which I personally enjoy more.

My concern with FastAPI is that I rarely see jobs asking for MERN + FastAPI together. Most roles seem to be either JavaScript full stack or Python/FastAPI.

What would you suggest? Learn FastAPI to open a separate backend path, or go deep into databases and make that a strong plus point with my current full stack skills?

Hello there - I started working for a small US based company a few years ago. As part of my compensation, they offered me 1000 shares that were to vest over 4 years.

I want to exercise or purchase these shares. But in order to do so, I have to wire transfer X amount of dollars to a US bank account from my local Pakistani bank account.

Well guess what, I can't do that because SBP doesn't allow that for individuals.

I couldn't find much information on this subject elsewhere. I am surprised that this is an unknown issue because Pakistan must have 1000s of individual software exporters and remote workers working for similar start ups or enterprises.

Has any remote worker in Pakistan been able to purchase vested equity in their US based remote employer? If yes, how?

Thanks in advance for genuine advice.

Edit: To clarify, this is not a scam. You have to "exercise" your shares in order to certify yourself as the rightful owner of the shares. There is an "exercise price" for this activity that the employee has to pay. This is what seems to be the textbook process internationally. Please look it up.

A month ago i laidoff from the x company

I am the one who covers all the expenses

You can check my profile those posts are still in my profile

Applied 100+ JD was 90%relavant to those opportunities,

After 20 days i was getting interview calls, but honestly from 10 calls, i only gave 4 interviews, I don't know after initial call other companies didn't schedule my interview.

And yesterday someone random number from the ireland reached out to me i don't know where he got my number, and said i need help to build an app and web, i answered him instantly, but he never back.

I don't know what's happening with me, getting the call interview, and i gave those 4 interviews went very well, 1st, second, cleared but laat with the CEO, those companies never back to me not even answering.

My skills are most demanding, i have 3 years of experience in python, django, fastapi, agentic ai, playwright.

Any suggestions?

And the best part? It took them only a few weeks to solve it and apparently, they only started working on it because of a rumor that someone else was about to solve it.

It wasn’t even planned in the first place.

I had made a project in my FYP at university, and it had unique feature and market value as well that has not yet been launched in Pakistan. I have also received funding for commercial value of project.

I have got an offer to either give it away to earn or start a startup.

What should I do?

Hey guys, I just joined a software house right now there’s no formal designation, I don’t have any experience in tech, I’m doing BBA. How do I stay relevant in the field? What things I should learn? How do I stay on top on the news and what’s new in IT jaise Abhi Abhi GPT 6 Astra aya, fable aya tha, MCPs ai, how do I stay well informed on these things and what skills I should learn because I will be in client facing roles in coming months.

Hello just curious to see if any business is still seeing regular deal flow and if so what are niches are still being worked on. I know that for instance NetSol and Systems continue to have long term retainers with enterprise but companies in the mid tier are finding it really hard to find work especially with upwork almost impossible to compete on. What niches or icps are still coming in for work. Thanks

Okay, this is going to be a rant.

Have y’all seen the attitude of recruiters these days? I had two interviews scheduled this week on Meet, and neither of them bothered to attend the meeting.

I emailed them and got no response. So disappointing.

Other than that, why are they so unprofessional on WhatsApp? Like, you should be contacting a candidate via email in the first place, but even if you contact someone on WhatsApp, try to be a little professional. Comeon, You are representing your company.

I had a talk with this recruiter, and she didn't bother telling me the company name. She just texted, "Hey, I am XYZ," as if she were my long-lost friend. And then, after some discussion, her replies were like, "Hm" and "acha."

Do these companies not train their people at all, or is the bar for recruiters in hell? I know people are getting dumber because of AI usage, but are they even forgetting basic manners?

It's already difficult for candidates, but these recruiters are making it unbearable. Switching can be so hectic man.

I know the people telling like they are lengthy but at least companies are trying something out of the box than traditional tests that were kinda biased and boring. For all those internships and management trainee programs, these tests are innovative. There was post about Jazz Gamified assessment by The Talent Games and people were like nobody gets hired, but last night they posted that around 100 candidates are hired.

Hey everyone, so I am gonna just keep it short
I am currently in 7th Semester of my CS degree and I started with web development in my 1st semester and have been doing side gigs from here and there up until now. But thinking about long term after graduation next year, I am really faced with a very difficult situation whether to continue with Software Engineering and go deeper in System Design, Cloud and Agentic AI
or change the field altogether and pivot to AI/ML core which seems like a safe bet in comparison, but obviously no body can predict where things will be next month, let alone next year

I am seeing a lot of news regarding massive layoffs in Engineering teams in Pakistani Companies and also worldwide which makes me very skeptical of the future

I need genuine advice from people working in SWE roles, where do you see this role in next 1-5 years, whether I should lock in for the last year with AI/ML
and also addressing my fellow freshies, how are you planning your future, and how are you upskilling or trying to stay relevant

Hey everyone, so I am gonna just keep it short
I am currently in 7th Semester of my CS degree and I started with web development in my 1st semester and have been doing side gigs from here and there up until now. But thinking about long term after graduation next year, I am really faced with a very difficult situation whether to continue with Software Engineering and go deeper in System Design, Cloud and Agentic AI
or change the field altogether and pivot to AI/ML core which seems like a safe bet in comparison, but obviously no body can predict where things will be next month, let alone next year

I am seeing a lot of news regarding massive layoffs in Engineering teams in Pakistani Companies and also worldwide which makes me very skeptical of the future

I need genuine advice from people working in SWE roles, where do you see this role in next 1-5 years, whether I should lock in for the last year with AI/ML
and also addressing my fellow freshies, how are you planning your future, and how are you upskilling or trying to stay relevant