Need motivation, guidance
Require guidance, on the verge of quitting.
I am a 2025 Computer Engineering graduate, and it's been 11 months and I haven't got any jobs. Let me tell you I have done everything, reached out to recruiters, senior developers, and attended offline meetups. And it's not that I have just sat and done nothing during this duration of 11 months, I constantly upskilled myself and even have a daily goal of completing either one LC problem, Hackerrank problem, Kaggle competition( if possible to solve in one day) and also learned Generative AI theoretically as well as practically through courses, forums, blogs etc. Currently I am looking for a job in the domain of SDE, AI, ML, DS, DA. Also, I have also interviewed for Google for Data Analytics Apprenticeship Program made it till team matching but wasn't able to fit for any team, also reached the last round of Swiggy for Data Scientist- 1 position but didn't make it. And have also interviewed in Intuit for the Software Engineer-1 role but lack of shell scripting knowledge didn't make it. And have also developed 3 projects which are production grade as I got it tested by a friend who works as a Tester. Reached out to relatives who are in a nice position but we all know toxic culture in a family didn't want anyone to grow. And I am not saying I am quitting the problem is that some of my friends whose projects I have built, didn't even know to initialise an environment are getting jobs and here I am stuck in a cycle. And also I tailor my resume according to the job's requirement. And also have 11 months of internship experience at 2 organisations. And the reason I am losing motivation is that I also attempted GATE but didn't get the marks that would qualify me for a good college and I don't want to repeat the mistake of getting into tier-3 or less than that college. Everyday I view my parents smiling through disguise and they have full belief that I will procure a good job someday but how do I explain it to them? and everyday they ask me are there any reply back from any companies how do I tell them rejection is the only reply I am getting? they like to motivate me by saying there must be something good in your destiny that's the reason it's taking time. And everyday I just question one thing am I even employable? And this is not a post for gathering vague guidance I am genuinely on the verge of quitting job hunting and getting into as a Rapido driver. Because it's hard looking at my parents everyday looking at me with hopes in their eyes.