Applying for 2 months, zero offers, freelancing not working either — what's wrong?
Been applying non-stop for 2 months now and honestly starting to lose it a bit. Zero offers, hardly any interview calls. Tried picking up freelance work on the side too, thought that'd be easier tbh, but couldn't get a single client either.
Quick context — final year CS, graduating May 2026, I work with agentic AI/LLMs mostly. Built a few decent projects (multi-RAG system, a RAG chatbot, SyncBoard, JUITConnect), did an AI/ML internship at Hindalco, was an ML trainee at Teachnook, also have 2 patents pending.
Idk, on paper it doesn't feel like a "nobody's calling back" kind of profile so now I'm just confused. Is my resume bad? Am I applying to the wrong places? Is the market just this brutal right now? Or am I missing something obvious?
Can share my resume in comments/DM if anyone's up for roasting it. Would genuinely appreciate any honest advice at this point.
