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so I am working at one of Product based company as a senior software engineer for the last 16 months.

The product is not a small and we have this stream type so we serves millions users monthly.

now when I was hired I was told about proper bonuses and I was promised twice increment in a year by the Head of the engineering department. Fast forward 7,8 months I was working hard, got the trust of the teammates, Leading features by myself with some of the biggest third parties integration and stuff.

Management changed, our Head of department changed, new management slowly started stopped giving me high priority tasks, and since I am remote all the high priority tasks were started giving to the onsite employee even though they had less experience with the product and overall experience and few months went and all I do is do this and that small tasks here and there.

i haven't received any increment in 16 months, only 10k bonus once lol. talked with one of the colleague there and he straight up said the management isn't going to do any increment for you as well as for him too. I wont be doing any Leading tasks anymore and such n such.

so what should I do? should I resign? or keep it going because I am doing good on freelance projects on the side or properly lookup for another job.

any advice will be preferred.

Hi guys do you trust AI generated code in production? How do you check it? Let me know where it breaks for you and where it works perfectly.

Basically the title, and how much does it cost you monthly from Pakistan? (including Taxes)

Hey everyone, I really need some honest guidance from people with more experience than me.

I have 1 year of experience as a Flutter developer. I was working at a company in Pakistan but had to leave because my family is in Dubai and I'm moving there in the next couple of weeks. I didn't renew my contract because of this.

Now I'm sitting here trying to figure out what to actually do to get a job in Dubai and I'm honestly lost.

Here's what's been happening:

A senior of mine told me to apply for ML internships in Dubai and start preparing for ML interviews. I applied, prepared for weeks, got no reply, and now I feel like I wasted that time.

I've also started learning frontend web development on the side thinking it would help my chances.

But now I feel like I'm doing too many things at once and none of them properly.

My core question is: should I continue with Flutter, switch my stack entirely, or do something else?

I don't know if Flutter is even in demand in Dubai at my experience level. I don't know if 1 year is enough to compete there. I don't know if web dev was a smart move or just panic learning.

If any seniors or experienced devs here have been in a similar situation or know the Dubai market, please guide me. What would you do in my position? What's the most practical path to actually getting hired?

I just want to stop second guessing and move in one clear direction.

Anyone has any idea of this company. So I basically had an online interview they had setup the google meet link and everything sent to me a day before. But on the time of the interview i joined the meeting and noone else joined. Anyone has any idea about this company does this happen often

Title: Preparing for

Background
I currently work as a full-stack web developer in a small startup. Two people source projects, and we complete them on a monthly pay basis. However, there are several issues with the setup (long story), so I’m looking to switch.

I’m a 2nd-year university student, and there are very limited local opportunities in my city—especially for PHP/Laravel development. Because of that, I’m aiming for freelance or remote work.

Current Situation
I recently contacted a friend of my father. He reviewed my skillset and portfolio and responded positively. He mentioned that he will arrange a meeting with his cousin, where they’ll assess me through some questions before deciding whether to offer work or projects.

Concerns
This will be my first experience in a professional environment, and I’m completely self-taught. I’ve been working with Laravel for over a year, mostly on backend-heavy tasks.

The problem is:

• Most of my advanced work is part of internal startup projects, so I can’t publicly showcase it.
• I do have some side projects, but many of them are incomplete.
• My frontend/UI skills are relatively weak.
• The visual side of most of my projects is AI-assisted and tends to look generic.
• I’ve recently started learning React and can integrate it with Laravel, but I still rely on AI for UI.

I do not use AI for backend logic—only for repetitive tasks.

Main Concern
I’m feeling anxious about the meeting. I don’t know what kind of questions they’ll ask, and I’m worried I might come across as inexperienced, despite having built fully functional systems like authentication flows and dashboards.

I’m also unsure how they’ll perceive my frontend/UI limitations.

What I Need Help With

• What topics should I prepare before the meeting?
• What kind of questions should I expect?
• How should I present my experience, given that much of my work isn’t publicly visible?
• How much will weak UI skills matter in this context?

TL;DR
Self-taught Laravel developer (1+ year experience) preparing for first professional opportunity. Strong in backend but weak in frontend/UI. Most work is private and not publicly showcaseable. Feeling anxious about evaluation meeting—looking for guidance on what to prepare and expect.

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What do they ask in online technical interview questions?

So my friend is trying to find an international payment gateway for his website. Mainly for popular payment methods like PayPal etc. Selling low cost products (around and under 5)

It may count as a high risk product (not doing Haram stuff or scam)

Also pls have it not rip him off

Aoa I will soon be graduating from FAST LHR with a cgpa around 3.4, I want to join a startup where I'll get a chance to learn the most . Please recommend some startups in Lahore, preferably service based that hires fresh grads like me. Jazakallah