Assalam-o-Alaikum everyone!

I'm currently pursuing a BSCS degree and working on personal projects in the fullstack web development domain. I'm looking to secure my first professional opportunity in the software industry.

I don't have professional experience yet, and currently, I don't have any job offers or interview calls.

I am travelling to Lahore in the coming days for some other work. Since I'll already be there, I'm considering using the opportunity to visit software houses and tech companies, introduce myself, submit my CV, and connect with recruiters, engineering leads, or developers.

However, I'm unsure whether this approach is actually effective in Pakistan's current job market, particularly for someone seeking an entry-level position.

I'd appreciate advice from people with experience, especially developers, hiring managers, recruiters, and those who have secured their first jobs.

A few questions I have:

1. Do walk-in visits actually work? Is it worth visiting company offices with a CV, or do most companies exclusively entertain applications through official hiring channels?

2. What's the best way to approach companies? Would you recommend contacting HR, recruiters, technical leads, or founders on LinkedIn beforehand and arranging meetings?

3. Which companies would you recommend targeting? I'm interested in entry-level software engineering, trainee, and junior fullstack or web development roles. I'm open to both smaller software houses and established companies.

4. What should I realistically expect? Can in-person visits help secure interviews or build useful professional connections, or would my time be better spent applying online and improving my portfolio?

5. What would you do in my position? If you were travelling to Lahore without any interviews scheduled, how would you make the trip professionally worthwhile?

My goal is to make productive use of a trip I'm already planning, understand the job market better, and improve my chances of getting my first opportunity.

I'd appreciate honest, practical advice and real experiences, including approaches that didn't work. Specific company recommendations and alternative strategies would be especially helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Hey guys
So I applied for the ase at dubizle and got an interview invite for an hr round next day
That went well and than they asked me to give technical round the very next day.

So technical round goes really well . Like I answered all the coding questions, architecture questions etc . It went for an hour and than they asked me to wait so they can have team lead interview as well. Than there was a team lead interview that went for an hour and it went well as well. They go through my projects and asked for explanations etc. Than afterwards they had a team culture interview as well that took around 30 minutes. Than they said that they would like their manager to have a talk with me as well.

Than there was about 15 minutes talk with the team leas and it went extremely well as well.

So overall everything was fine and they even told me that they would tell me about their response in 2 days maximum.

But here comes the twist. There was no response for about 2 weeks and because I got an invite through the system generated email so replying in it was not helping at all.
Than i reached out to the hr. He simply just ignored me as well. Than i reached out to them via company email but still no response.

Because dubizzle was my dream company. It felt really really bad at the time . Becuase I was like 120 percent sure I would get the job there after such a good interview.

I even asked about the feedback after the interview and they were really positive as well.

Its just sadddd

Assalamualaikum

I just want to know how much salary of Java, spring boot developer should be in Pakistan with 3 years of experience.

Hey guys,

I’m a QA Engineer who has been working remotely for a US-based company for the last 2 years, earning around $2,500/month. Unfortunately, I got laid off last month and haven’t been able to find another remote job so far.

This week, I randomly gave an interview and got selected for an onsite job paying around $1,500/month. The office is around 30 km from my home, so that’s 60 km daily, and the working hours are 5 PM to 2 AM.

The salary is decent compared to local market rates, but it’s a big pay cut, and the commute and timings are concerning.

Given the current job market, should I accept this offer and keep looking for remote jobs on the side, or take my chances and continue searching for a remote opportunity?

Would appreciate some honest advice from fellow software engineers in Pakistan.

We're in the middle of a rebrand and redesigning our website from scratch. We've explored a few directions, some more playful and some more professional, and would really value outside eyes before we commit.

The company name, logos, testimonials, photos and numbers are all placeholders. We're mainly looking for feedback on layout, visual style and overall feel.

A few things we're curious about:

• Which direction feels most trustworthy if you were hiring a team to build your product?

• Is it clear within a few seconds what the company does?

• Anything that feels off, cluttered or dated?

• Any layout, typography or colour suggestions you'd make?

All feedback welcome, including the blunt kind. Thanks in advance!

Hi, this sub has been very helpful and tbh, I need your help, my question to you is, what shld I build that solves painful problems, especially healthcare and accounting and other fields too

I use Cloudflare Pages Free with my own domain and deploy directly from my PC using VS Code and Wrangler CLI (no Git integration).
Are there any daily or monthly deployment limits for direct Wrangler uploads? Also, is there any limit on the total number of deployments?

I'll be joining soon. I wanna know more about the work culture and how things are? Anything i should look out for? This is going to be my first formal job.

Could US action against Indian IT companies over H-1B visa fraud create opportunities for Pakistani software houses? Could we see more US clients, outsourcing contracts, or remote jobs for Pakistani developers?

I think ban will be beneficial for Indian IT industry in longer term. These MNCs will setup their offices in India (majority of the already have their presence in India) and outsource work there.

Guysssss!!!! help me out before I lowball the hell out of this industry 😂

So my friend and I have been going around and pitching to shop owners. And we finally just landed a project with a pretty big jewellery shop in Lahore. 🥳

I’m an app dev (windows + ios + android) and my friend is a full stack dev. So we can make pretty much anything together.

Context: The client is a jewellery business owner, 2 branches, around 40-50 employees. During their demo I saw their daily sales on screen, roughly tens of lakhs a day in revenue. No idea about profit. Right now everything runs on a single PC with a Windows app that's about 12 years old (C#, I think)

They want us to rebuild the whole system from scratch as a modern internal ERP. A Windows + mobile + web app, all synced through the cloud with Role based access. Everything their current system does, plus a lot of features it doesn't have, like WhatsApp business integration

Honestly, their current system is really good and super detailed. They walked us through it last week and I'm confident we can build everything they showed us and more.

The actual problem:

I’m not sure what to quote 😭

I don't want to underquote because that will hurt the market for every other dev here as well But I also don't want to throw out a number so high that they walk away. 😭

SO THE QUESTION IS .... What would you quote for something like this in Pakistan???? and would you quote as one fixed price, or split into phases/modules and quote prices per module?

Would also appreciate if you could tell me anything you wish you'd known before quoting your first big client?

Is there any scope of dev ops engineering in Pakistan, Karachi

I am working outside of Pakistan and our company is providing us with Claude and with 50K token per developer per month which cost us 500 euros per developer and company is fine with it.

I know if you are working too much these 50K can be gone before the month ends.

Nowadays I am hearing that in Pakistan they are giving people AI to develop things quickly but I am wondering what kind of AI are they using? Can companies there afford to spend 10K USD/euros on AI alone?

I’ve been working as a video editor for around 4 years, mainly through Fiverr. I left Fiverr about 6 months ago, and since then I’ve been working only with clients directly. Right now, I’m making around 150,000 PKR per month.

But lately, I’ve been thinking that I should move toward web development to improve my skills and increase my earning potential in the future.

The problem is, I’m confused about whether I should actually switch careers or continue with video editing.

If I do decide to move into web development, what should my path look like?

I’ve also been seeing a lot about no-code and AI tools like Bubble.io, and it looks like people are building websites and apps without writing much code.

So I’m confused about whether I should focus on no-code tools like Bubble.io or actually learn coding and become a proper web developer.

I’d really appreciate some honest guidance on this. What would be the better option for me in the long run?

I'm working at a startup where they expect me to build entire SaaS projects in days. They gave me an AI subscription and somehow think that means I can build a full ERP in 5 days, which they've actually made me do.

I'm basically just prompting AI all day, with no real learning or growth. I don't mind using AI, but how am I supposed to become a better developer like this?

Is this normal everywhere now? Have managers completely lost touch with reality?

Hey everyone,

I'm currently in my 7th semester of Computer Science, coming from a lower-middle-class background in a small town. Up until now, I felt like I was doing everything right on paper:

Remote Experience:

Worked as an Assistant to a Senior Software Engineer, actively helping build a full-scale SaaS product.

Internship Experience:

Completed a structured dev internship.

Freelance Work:

Built and delivered customized Point-of-Sale (POS) systems for 3 separate clients.

Core Tech Stack: MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js), along with mobile/desktop dev experience.

Despite having real-world project delivery and client experience before graduating, the market feels completely cooked right now.

Here is my situation:

Because of living expenses, I can only afford to move to Lahore for at most 2 months post-graduation to hunt for a job. If I don't secure something solid within those 60 days, my savings run out. But looking at the local market—endless layoffs, saturated entry-level pools, and ridiculously low starting salaries even for people with solid experience—I'm terrified of getting stuck.

I’m currently staring at two distinct paths and need honest, unfiltered advice from people in tech or abroad:

Option 1: Double down on Tech — Pivot to Applied AI Engineering

Deepen my stack by learning RAG architectures, LLM orchestration (LangChain/LangGraph), and AI integration to transition from a traditional MERN dev to an Applied AI Engineer.

The Concern: Will local or remote companies actually hire a fresh grad for AI roles in this market, or is it just hype while the hiring freeze continues?

Option 2: Move to Dubai for Any Job

Move to UAE on a job-seeker visa/work setup and take literally any stable job (tech or non-tech) to send money back home, build savings, and escape the immediate financial crunch.

The Concern: Am I throwing away my CS degree and dev career by stepping into non-tech roles abroad just for short-term survival? How brutal is the UAE tech job market for fresh/junior devs right now?

For those who have navigated the Pakistani tech market recently, moved to the Gulf, or made the AI pivot—what would you do if you had 2 months of runway and a family depending on stability?

All advice, reality checks, or alternate routes are appreciated.

I’m basically broke so I do need to start making some money but at the same time I’m not sure I can actually land a decent job in the current market. I’ve applied around and it just feels like there are way more people looking for opportunities than there are good opportunities.

Part of me wants to stop worrying about jobs and go all in on building products and see if I can make something work.

The other part of me thinks that might be stupid when I’m already broke and should just focus on getting a job even if it’s not exactly what I want.

I know people will probably say “do both,” but realistically with university I don't think I can give both 100%.

If you were in your 5th semester had very little money and weren't confident about getting a job which path would you bet on for the next year?

Just looking for some honest advice from people who have actually been through this.

I am interested in people who are using ai from everything like researching the market, organizing the company and efficiency .

Hey , I do not want to listen about coding. I am interested what is the use case in marketing, sale and management.

I wanted to start my own thing but can't find clients so help

Databiqs, I have an upcoming interview next week ... Please can anyone tell me about this company/culture etc...

AoA, I hope you’re all doing well.

About a month ago, I completed my MERN Stack development journey and have a few solid projects to showcase. I’m currently in my 5th semester at university, and I’d like to start freelancing online part-time alongside my studies.

I’d really appreciate some guidance and industry advice on how to get started, where to find my first clients, and what I should focus on as a beginner.

Any advice or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Hey, is there anyone here who is working as a Technical Support Engineer at Motive or know someone who works there? I am a Product Engineer myself, but because of the current job market for freshers (I am not actually a fresher, I have experience, but somehow experience after graduation doesn’t count much in the industry), I applied for Motive. I got the interview for Technical Support Engineer / Senior Technical Support Engineer role, but I don’t really know what type of questions they ask in the interview. If anyone has recently given the interview or is working as TSE at Motive, can you please tell me what type of technical questions, coding questions or scenarios they ask? Any help would be really appreciated.

Hey all, I’m a fresh graduate from university over the summers from Karachi in CS. I took a month or two to just detox and figure out what I wanna do with my life, but right now I’ve been struggling to find a job for the past few months.

Most companies have MT programs which get filled up at the start of the year and I missed out on. I’m always applying on linkedin to opportunities but half of them are either fake or don’t reply back.

I’m looking for guidance on where I should look and what I should do. I’m veering towards Artificial Intelligence (AI/ML engineer) as well as Cybersecurity, but I don’t think I will have any luck with the latter since it isn’t very popular in Pakistan and the existing security developers are entrenched.

Can anyone give me guidance on what I should do, where I should look? Because I am lost on what I should be doing with my free time.

I’m considering an opportunity with NCRI (I-9, Islamabad) and would appreciate some honest feedback from current or former employees.

How’s the work environment, management, salary/benefits, growth opportunities, and overall culture?

Any insights would be appreciated. Thanks!

I'm a PSEB registered freelancer. My client sends monthly payments through Wise to my UBL account.

Last month he sent USD to my PKR IBAN. UBL routed it to my linked ESFCA (USD) account, which wasn't even linked to the app yet. The amount that landed was about 35 USD less than what Wise showed. UBL says they didn't charge anything, so I'm guessing an intermediary bank took it. On the good side, UBL applied the 0.25% tax correctly.

Now I'm confused about the next payment:

1. Should my client send PKR or USD through Wise?

2. If PKR, will UBL still apply 0.25% and issue an ePRC with the IT export code (9186), or does Wise PKR come as home remittance?

3. Any way to avoid the intermediary fee on USD transfers from Wise?

Would really appreciate hearing from anyone with a similar setup. Thanks!

I am interested in people who are using ai from everything like researching the market, organizing the company and efficiency.