u/Professional-Cry6299

Hey guys,

I’m currently outside my home country and I’ve been unemployed for the past 6 months. I completed my bachelor’s degree between 2019–2022, and honestly, sometimes it feels like COVID made our entire degree experience incomplete.

I resigned from my previous job around the end of November because I thought moving abroad would open better opportunities for me, but the market has been really rough. Lately I’ve been overthinking a lot about people from the COVID batches and whether we actually missed out on important exposure during university.

Back then, I was working in another city far away from home for a lower salary, but mentally I never felt this drained. Most of my friends ended up pursuing master’s degrees because they couldn’t find jobs for almost a year after graduating. I chose work experience instead, but now I honestly don’t know if that was the right decision.

In interviews, I usually clear the communication/speaking rounds, but I struggle during the task or practical performance rounds. That’s what’s affecting my confidence the most.

What makes me overthink even more is seeing my younger cousin brother. He passed 12th during COVID without even having physical board exams, then pursued BTech normally once colleges reopened and pandemic ended. He started working last October and is already earning more than me because he at least got proper physical college exposure, campus interaction, and practical learning opportunities that many of us never properly had. He was same as me academic wise but he got his luck I feel.

Sometimes it genuinely feels like the 2019–2022 batch got stuck in the worst possible timing. Limited college exposure, online classes, weak networking, fewer internships, and then entering a terrible job market afterward.

Do other people from the same graduation years feel the same way, or am I just overthinking this too much?

Hello guys,

I am new to the ABP Framework and currently trying to understand the proper workflow for building CRUD applications manually.

I created a single-layer application with a Book CRUD first just to understand the basics. After that I started creating my own Student/Marks module. What I have done so far:

• Created entities
• Modified DbContext
• Added DTOs
• Added AutoMapper mappings
• Created service interface and service methods

Now I am confused about the UI part.

I understand that ABP Suite can generate CRUD pages automatically but it is paid, so I am trying to learn the manual approach properly. I want to understand how developers who actually use ABP in companies create pages and connect everything together.

My confusion is mainly:

• After services are ready, what is the proper UI flow?
• How are Razor Pages usually organized in ABP?
• Do developers manually create pages/forms/tables or is there some standard approach?
• How do modules connect with UI in real projects?

Also another thing I am struggling with is understanding the architecture itself.

People keep mentioning:

• Modular architecture
• DDD
• Layers
• Application contracts
• Domain layer

Coming from normal ASP.NET MVC and minimal APIs, sometimes it feels like ABP adds too much abstraction and spins up a lot of code for simple CRUD operations.

So I wanted honest opinions from developers currently using ABP:

• Does it become easier after some time?
• Is it actually productive in large projects?
• Do companies really follow full DDD practices with ABP or simplify things?
• How do you personally structure CRUD modules?

Would really appreciate guidance from experienced ABP developers because right now I feel stuck between understanding the architecture and actually building the UI manually.

Hello guys, I am new to ABP Framework. I have worked with ASP.NET Core MVC before, but I am trying to understand the proper ABP workflow.

I created a new solution using the default BookStore template. Now I am trying to create my own Student CRUD with properties like FirstName, LastName, Gender, etc.

Currently my flow is:

• Create entity
• Register DbSet in DbContext
• Configure entity inside OnModelCreating
• Run migration
• Create StudentDto and CreateUpdateStudentDto

But after this point I start getting confused.

My project is using Mapperly instead of AutoMapper, and I am not fully understanding:

• how mapping classes are connected automatically
• how AppService should be written properly
• how the UI pages connect with AppService
• which files I actually need to create manually for CRUD UI

The default Book example already has many files, js files, modals, services, permissions, menus, etc., so I am getting lost trying to understand the proper flow for creating my own module.

I mainly want to create proper Razor Page CRUD UI for Student similar to the Book module.

Can someone explain the normal step-by-step workflow ABP developers follow after DTO creation until the UI part?

Guys I am having urges 😔

Hello guys,

I am a self taught developer. My major work in .NET was maintaining existing code bases, doing bug fixes, creating new endpoints in existing structures, basic copy paste changes, and working a bit on stored procedure side functionality.

Now I had left my country and my father’s friend advised me to learn Python side by side since I have been unemployed for 160+ days.

Python feels simpler in syntax, but recently I noticed my hands shaking and my confidence in coding has become low. I know I probably need DSA, LeetCode, or HackerRank from my personal perspective, but honestly I had only done around 3 LeetCode problems before and recently discovered HackerRank too.

I know projects might help me, but I don’t even know what role companies might give me. If it was FastAPI maybe I could make projects around that, or Django, but things are unclear to me right now.

Anyone here who worked with Python — how much Python should I actually know before applying for jobs? Do I need to understand everything deeply? What things are most used in real jobs?

I recently discovered things like tuples and sets, and brackets still confuse me sometimes. For people who transitioned from languages like C# to Python, did Python syntax also feel weird at first even though it looked easy?

Do experienced developers still search syntax on ChatGPT or Google/Python docs? Because honestly if someone asks me C#, I can write things down, but with Python I still feel new and unsure.

I am 24 and genuinely looking for advice.

People also told me SQL is important — I know SQL — but Python is still new to me because I am self taught. I graduated in CS after COVID and 4 semesters were online, so we got less practical exposure.

But I don’t want to leave coding because it brings bread to my family table. At the same time, I also don’t want to mess up the role if someone gives me an opportunity.

Would really appreciate genuine guidance from people who have been through this.

Can anyone guide me how are interview for python developer or somewhat since I had heard python is now used alot.

Guys, I need help — unemployment, porn addiction, and I don't know what to do with my life

I'll be honest — I fapped this morning and I'm feeling like absolute shit. You know that feeling after? It's like someone slipped me cocaine and then yanked it away. My brain is foggy, my motivation is zero, and every bad thought is hitting twice as hard. I know part of it is post-nut clarity, but the feelings underneath are real.

I've been unemployed for 160+ days. I'm almost 25. I left my home country where I was actually earning, because I wanted to do better — earn more, support my family properly. Instead I'm living in someone else's house — a friend of my father's — struggling to maintain even a basic daily routine. Some days I can't even get myself up on time to apply for jobs. That's how far I've fallen.

My education got wrecked by COVID. 2019–2022 — one semester in person, everything else online. I did 4 months of hands-on training back home too, but it was just basics. Nothing that makes me stand out. I've had 6 interview rejections so far and each one hits harder than the last.

My father pulled strings and got advice from someone in his company — they said learn Python, it's easier than C#. But instead of studying this morning, I relapsed. That guilt is sitting heavy on me.

He's told me I've become negative. He's right. But I'm not negative for no reason — I've lost career momentum, a girl I liked left me during my hardest time after I'd stayed clean for 4 months, my pockets are empty, and I can't give a single penny back to parents who have invested everything in me.

I open LinkedIn and see friends who graduated in 2022, got jobs in 2023, and are still growing. My younger cousin barely sat his 12th boards because of COVID, got into college on 50% JEE syllabus, and is now a settled engineer. I know comparison is poison. But it's hard not to feel like the only one still stuck.

Now here's what's really on my mind — I have 3 options and I genuinely don't know which to pick.

Option 1 — Go back home. I have 2.6 years of work experience. I could return to my home country, upskill properly at home where I feel safe, save money, and come back here again in September 2027 with better skills and a clearer head. At home I have my parents, my rhythm, my peace. Here I have none of that.

Option 2 — Stay and grind. Stay here, keep applying, keep pushing. But I'm living in someone else's house, feeling like a joker every single day. These people have already supported me so much as family — I can't keep taking from them. And I'm starting to wonder — is the economy actually that bad here right now? My father says the war has hit jobs hard and that's why I'm struggling. Maybe that's true. But is it? Or would I have found something by now if I was doing everything right?

Option 3 — Unpaid work. Join somewhere for free just to get local experience on my CV, build connections, and hopefully convert it into something real. No income, but maybe a foot in the door.

I have a 2-year visa. Time is not completely gone. But I'm slipping — into porn, into passivity, into my own head. I'm dealing with a job rut and a porn habit at the same time and both are feeding each other.

Guys, I'm mostly self-taught in practice. The past 2.9 years I've spent most of my time on my laptop — barely celebrated festivals, lived in a PG, ate bad food, grinded alone. I have a CS degree but COVID hit us hard — only 1 semester was offline, the rest were online or straight up cancelled. So I built my skills the hard way, on the job.

I started with C# MVC and grew into .NET Core and Angular. I'm not perfect but I know my stack and I built that confidence myself.

Recently I left my job to move to another country for better opportunities. I'm applying for .NET/Angular roles but sometimes my experience feels just short of what they want. A family friend suggested I add Python to my profile — and while I know I can learn it, the fear is real: what if I join a team where everyone already knows it better than me? What if there's a toxic colleague who sees me as a threat? What if I can't answer something in an interview?

The deeper fear is this — do I go deep on .NET/Angular and become genuinely strong in one stack, or do I keep adding things and end up master of none?

For those who switched languages mid-career — how did you handle the transition? How did you deal with feeling behind? What actually helped?

Hello guys,

I want to put down a few points. I was a corona graduate. I started working in my 20s and had a job that was quite dull. Later, I moved to another city where I got some training and started working as a junior SWE, mostly doing code fixes and similar tasks.

Recently, I came to another country where the competition is very high. None of my batchmates are here—they are still in our home country earning lower pay, but at least they are stable. I currently have a 2-year residence visa, but I have been unemployed for the past 150 days.

Along with this, I feel like my health and appearance have gone down—my skin has become dull, my hair is falling, and I’ve stopped taking care of myself. I am also worried about my marriage, since all my cousin brothers are stable and doing well in their careers. I feel like I am the only one this stressed, and sometimes I even think who would marry someone like me.

I have also fallen into bad habits like watching porn, which makes me feel worse. When I was earning, I never realized all these things, but now everything feels heavier.

I don’t have money to pursue a new degree, and even my old degree doesn’t feel strong since only one semester was offline and the rest was online. It feels like the college just wanted money and gave us degrees for the sake of it, without proper learning. I also feel the system and politics played a role during COVID, where things were not handled properly and students like us were affected.

I feel the market is not just bad, but very tough right now, because a large number of unskilled graduates came out during COVID, which increased supply and disrupted

Hello everyone,

I’m currently looking for a tech role in the UAE. I arrived around mid-January, but due to uncertainty about the job market and hiring expectations here, I haven’t been able to secure a position yet. I’m on a valid residence visa (2 years remaining) and actively applying, but the process has been quite challenging.

Recently, I’ve also been receiving a lot of scam emails from fake companies, which has made things even more frustrating. Honestly, this situation is starting to feel mentally exhausting, and I’m unsure about my next step. I’m considering whether I should return home around June to upskill and come back later, or continue trying here. Some people have told me that hiring picks up around September, but waiting that long feels like a stretch.

I’ve also heard that networking (“wasta”) plays a role here, but unfortunately, I don’t have such connections.

About me: I’m a software developer with 2.6 years of experience, having worked on a US-based healthcare system. My primary skills are MSSQL, .NET Core, and Angular (basic level).

I would really appreciate any guidance—whether it’s about which areas, roles, or companies I should focus on, or how to better approach the job search here. Most openings I see seem to require senior-level experience or a very broad skill set.

Thank you in advance for any advice or support.