u/collectingfrogsnyoma

I’m a 2026 grad, Computer Science & Economics student at BITS Pilani, and I’m honestly a bit stuck right now and could use some advice from people who’ve been through this.

My background is:
**Oracle:** worked on 15+ SQL pipelines, query-plan/index/join optimisation, Oracle 23ai Vector Search, and an OJET dashboard.
**Research thesis in Germany:** completed a funded research thesis at Ruhr University Bochum on **adversarially robust quantized neural networks**, working with PyTorch, CIFAR-10, FGSM/PGD attacks and 2-bit/3-bit quantization.
**Morgan Stanley:** Worked with the **Asia Economics & Rates desk**, building an analytics platform and XGBoost based yield-curve forecasting system.

I’ve also built a few projects outside work a **limit-order-book/trading simulator** with FIFO matching, latency, cancellations, inventory/P&L and ablation analysis, and a **RAG personal-finance assistant** using embeddings, FAISS and LLM APIs.

The frustrating part is the timing. My **Oracle PPO was revoked because of organizational/headcount changes**. I then interned at Morgan Stanley, but they told me they **can’t give an offer too because of headcount**.

I subsequently got another offer in 19 days of my offer revoke at a MNC, but they’re now delaying things as well.

So I’m basically back in the market at the worst possible time, despite having what I think is a reasonably solid profile.

I’m happy to share my **resume, GitHub and credentials over DM** if anyone wants to take a look. I’d especially appreciate feedback/referrals/leads from people hiring engineers or founders who can tell me where my profile actually fits.

Thanks - genuinely appreciate any advice.

I’m a 2026 grad, Computer Science & Economics student at BITS Pilani, and I’m honestly a bit stuck right now and could use some advice from people who’ve been through this.

My background is:
Oracle: worked on 15+ SQL pipelines, query-plan/index/join optimisation, Oracle 23ai Vector Search, and an OJET dashboard.
Research thesis in Germany: completed a funded research thesis on adversarially robust quantized neural networks, working with PyTorch, CIFAR-10, FGSM/PGD attacks and 2-bit/3-bit quantization.
Morgan Stanley: Worked with the Asia Economics & Rates desk, building an analytics platform and XGBoost based yield-curve forecasting system.

I’ve also built a few projects outside work a limit-order-book/trading simulator with FIFO matching, latency, cancellations, inventory/P&L and ablation analysis, and a RAG personal-finance assistant using embeddings, FAISS and LLM APIs.

The frustrating part is the timing. My Oracle PPO was revoked just before joining because of organizational/headcount changes. I was at Morgan Stanley, but they told me they can’t give an offer too because of headcount.

I subsequently got another offer after my offer revoke at a MNC, but they’re now delaying things as well.

So I’m basically back in the market at the worst possible time, despite having what I think is a reasonably solid profile.

I’m happy to share my resume, GitHub and credentials over DM if anyone wants to take a look. I’d especially appreciate feedback/referrals/leads from people hiring engineers or founders who can tell me where my profile actually fits.

Thanks - genuinely appreciate any advice.

I’m a 2026 grad, Computer Science & Economics student at BITS Pilani, and I’m honestly a bit stuck right now and could use some advice from people who’ve been through this.

My background is:
Oracle: worked on 15+ SQL pipelines, query-plan/index/join optimisation, Oracle 23ai Vector Search, and an OJET dashboard.
Research thesis in Germany: completed a funded research thesis at Ruhr University Bochum on adversarially robust quantized neural networks, working with PyTorch, CIFAR-10, FGSM/PGD attacks and 2-bit/3-bit quantization.
Morgan Stanley: Worked with the Asia Economics & Rates desk, building an analytics platform and XGBoost based yield-curve forecasting system.

I’ve also built a few projects outside work a limit-order-book/trading simulator with FIFO matching, latency, cancellations, inventory/P&L and ablation analysis, and a RAG personal-finance assistant using embeddings, FAISS and LLM APIs.

The frustrating part is the timing. My Oracle PPO was revoked because of organizational/headcount changes. I then interned at Morgan Stanley, but they told me they can’t give an offer too because of headcount.

I subsequently got another offer in 19 days of my offer revoke at a MNC, but they’re now delaying things as well.

So I’m basically back in the market at the worst possible time, despite having what I think is a reasonably solid profile.

I’m happy to share my resume, GitHub and credentials over DM if anyone wants to take a look. I’d especially appreciate feedback/referrals/leads from people hiring engineers or founders who can tell me where my profile actually fits.

Thanks - genuinely appreciate any advice.

I got an offer on 1st June 2026 from a tech firm in India, MNC. I was supposed to join 8th July. But they told me they didn’t have budget out yet for Q3. Went to the office directly last week, met the team and my to be manager. They said they’ll onboard me in Q4, October starting and I’ll get the offer letter by September mid or end. Is it how it works always? Is it normal? Team was v friendly and nice and HR is always responsive and says nothing to worry. It’s a good offer and in this job market I don’t think I’m getting smth better.

Did anyone give their R1 & R2 on 11th August? Haven’t tried back post that. Normally how long does it take for them to get back regarding onsite interviews? It’s been a week already.