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I know AI is one of the highest paying careers right now but why does it feel so depressing sometimes?

Today I sat working on my FYP from 10 am to 1:30 pm just debugging errors nonstop. After I finally got up for chai, I just felt empty and stressed about my future.

I like coding and AI but the constant bugs, fast moving tech, and fear of not being good enough for future jobs is mentally exhausting.

Does anyone else in CS or AI feel like this sometimes?

I come from a middle class Pakistani family. We are three brothers and one sister. My father was a poor man but he worked day and night his whole life for us. He paid our university fees, gave us pocket money, bought us bikes, and never even took Eid holidays off. He eventually lost his job and started his own small business from scratch. He married off my siblings and did everything a father could possibly do.Right now my elder brother is in Abu Dhabi working as a technician earning around 2000 dirhams. It has been 4 years and he has not been promoted yet. My father thinks he is lazy and making excuses to come back to Pakistan to be with his wife. But I also saw my brother crying alone in his room because of this pressure. He says he is trying but luck is not on his side. Honestly I believe him because I know how hard it is to earn today.My other brother has a diploma in automotive and also earns around the same.I am the youngest and currently in my final semester of BS in AI. One of the hottest fields right now and I cannot even land an internship. The job market is really bad right now.My father is 50+, his nerves on the back of the neck have also got weak due to tension and stress and doctors have told him not to take stress but he is still covering all the family expenses and worrying every day. My mother is also tensed. The whole house feels gloomy. Seeing both my parents like this is killing me inside.Deep down I feel like I have to be the one who fixes everything. I have to get a good job and show my father that at least one of his children made it. I respect my brothers a lot and I am not blaming them. But I just feel so helpless right now.

I do not have anyone to talk to about this. Just needed to get this off my chest.

Assalam-o-Alaikum!

I am an undergrad student of BS AI. I am about to graduate in just months. As i will step into the actual market now. I want to ask in this dynamic of the Tech market. How can i grow in this field. I am a really hardworking and determined person. So i just need a direction, i want to avoid mistakes that will stop me from growing in this field. I want to become a capable AI engineer.

Thanks for your advice.

Hey!

I hope you are all doing well. Actually i am working on my final year project where i need a large amount of e-commerce shopping data from multiple platforms including Amazon, E-bay and Temu. Issue is that if api is available from third party tools it is paid and very expensive, as a student i cant afford. And if i try to do web scraping i get banned and blocked ( I have tried that proxy and ip rotation thing, it works for only small amount of time). Can anyone help me with this. Is there is any way i can do this free or with affordable cost. Max 10-15 dollars.

Thanks!