u/Comfortable-Pear-171

I honestly don't understand hiring anymore.

I have 5+ years of experience, and even my resume gets rejected for entry-level and junior roles without ever speaking to a recruiter. It makes me wonder if a human is even looking at applications anymore.

Every job description feels like companies expect one person to be an expert in software development, cloud, DevOps, AI, databases, cybersecurity, embedded systems, hardware, and everything in between.

At this point, it feels like companies want someone with 100+ years of experience.

What happened to hiring people with a strong foundation and giving them a chance to learn?

The most frustrating part is that so many resumes are filtered out by ATS before a recruiter even sees them. At least manually review applications before rejecting them.

I'm genuinely curious is the hiring system broken, or are companies setting unrealistic expectations? Because from the applicant's side, it feels impossible.

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We’ve been working on a browser-based PDF editing tool for the past few months.

You can:

• edit existing PDF text
• add text and annotations
• edit directly inside the browser

Still improving things like:

• Image detection
• Small Bugs
• editing precision

Would genuinely love feedback or suggestions from people who use PDF tools often ,Adding screenshots/demo in comments since some subreddits don’t allow direct links.

me and my friends worked on a browser-based PDF editing tool for the past few months.

Tool can:

• edit existing PDF text
• add text and annotations
• edit directly inside the browser

Still improving things like:

• Image Detection and minor bug fixes
• editing precision

Would genuinely love feedback or suggestions from people who use PDF tools often and im Adding screenshots n comments since some subreddits don’t allow direct links.

Hey guys, I recently finished my master’s and I’ve been actively applying for full-time roles, but honestly the job market has been really rough. I’m barely getting any callbacks from recruiters.

I’m still working on improving my skills and building projects, but right now it’s getting hard to manage expenses, so I’m trying to figure out if there’s any way to make some money online in the meantime.

I keep seeing people talk about making money with AI, small apps, or “vibe coding,” and I’ve used AI myself to finish some projects I had pending. But I’m not sure what actually works vs what’s just hype.

So I wanted to ask what are some realistic ways to make money online right now, especially for someone like me 🙃?

Not looking for get-rich-quick stuff, just something practical I can start and stay consistent with while I keep applying for jobs.

Would really appreciate any suggestions or even things I should avoid.

Thanks a lot.

Hey everyone 👋
I’ve been building a free tool site for image PDF tasks (compression, editing, background removal, etc.)

imageandpdf.com

Trying to make it simple and actually useful would love some honest feedback on UX, speed, or missing features.

👉 imageandpdf.com