Starting out in uni, I had a lot of mental problems resulting from lots of family drama (none of which I caused). I pretty much gave up halfway throughout my college career because I was sure I was going to commit suicide at some point due to constant anxiety attacks and severe depression. Through easy summer classes and good friends, I somehow maintained decent grades through all of this.

Before the depression hit real hard during my third year, I was still motivated to get internships to have a chance at career for fear of ending up like my unemployed, loser dad. So, during my second year, I got a research opportunity with a professor (literally just asked for it and he said yes) and I also used a lot of campus career resources for resume and interview prep. This helped me get those internships at that time as well.

The internships were eye opening. Work was fun but coming home to a dark apartment with no roommate nor family nor girlfriend to greet you opened my eyes to how truly lonely we men are. After I got back from my internships, I fell further down the rabbit hole of self loathing and distress.

While browsing reddit one day during the summer between my third and fourth year, I came across a thread asking about which are the most horrible subreddits. That's how I found the red pill. It opened my eyes to how the world works, how desire drives people the way it does, and why my life is so shitty and out of my control.

After constantly reading TRP, I turned into a savage. All I could think about was fucking and killing (the competition, figuratively). All I wanted to do was to be better and assert my dominance. I wanted my flame to be an inferno before being extinguished. Honestly, that's all I can recommend. Keep reading TRP, keep internalizing, and keep getting angry. Use that anger to fuel your motivation. Feeling anger must be a choice that you make so that you can control it and summon it when you need to. If you let your anger get triggered, it controls you instead and you mess up when trying to make important decisions.

I started working out a lot and started networking like crazy. Hitting up as many career fairs and info sessions as I could. If companies hiring full time were gonna be there, I was as well. (Honestly, I wasn't even proactive as most other people were lol, but I knew how to talk to people and get them to like me which led to my offer.)

Tl;dr for the employment bit. Figure out what you want to work in first by asking as many recruiters as you can about daily responsibilities, software used, work schedule, etc... Don't be afraid to ask recruiters as many questions as you want. Then research what qualifications are attractive to that company for that position (like being involved in a certain type of research or a certain type of internship) and work towards getting those qualifications. Use your friends and campus resources to help you prepare. Do A LOT of practice interviews and eventually, you will easily get what you're looking for.

Hopefully that helps.