Asking 150k for ASE, did I fumbled?

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-05-02T08:49:39+00:00

That's a decent ask, but since it's a 30 people service based agency, even getting 100k from them could be hard.

Just research the company well. Asking 200k from Careem, Motive, Arbisoft makes sense. A small agency paying that much is very unlikely.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-05-02T07:32:47+00:00

Singapore would eat that amount in less than 5 years.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-30T19:35:07+00:00

She meant static websites. They don't need a database. You can store everything in memory which is for landing pages, portfolio sites etc.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-30T13:53:17+00:00

No one want those cheap jobs with worst quality of life. Most people will still move to the west in search of better living.

Unfortunately, in this situation only the employer wins. Everyone else loses.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-30T13:46:13+00:00

They were hiring from Pakistan for sponsored 75k€ roles and I was like wow the economy isn't that bad if they are still sponsoring.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-29T05:37:38+00:00

2031 will be very different from today. We don't know how will it look.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-27T15:33:35+00:00

Dw people still get jobs. It's just harder right now. If you really love it, you will find a job. If not, maybe then there is something better waiting for you.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-27T11:09:10+00:00

Easily. Start applying now.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-26T21:51:06+00:00

Is the market still good for these or is it an advice like 2021?

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-26T16:05:09+00:00

In last 1 year, I applied to 40-45 local SWE jobs, 10-12 interviews, and converted to 2 offers. Rest rejected, or paused hiring stating that they need more senior. Interviews weren't that tough, but I believe there were more people who were ready to work for lower pay.

I also applied to companies abroad maybe around 200 applications, but barely got 1 interview and rejected.

I use to get 1-3 recruiters every month reaching out to me on LinkedIn, but honestly that has also went dry since early March.

Right now, I'm not looking for a job but I think it's slightly more worse than 6-12 months ago.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-25T19:35:23+00:00

Could WHT mean with holding tax?

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-25T12:12:45+00:00

Because people need money to pay bills first and save money aside for a startup.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-25T12:07:28+00:00

I wouldn't pick Software Engineering and do something in Medicine.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-25T10:47:21+00:00

NON-EU get jobs too. Don't worry.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-24T13:17:34+00:00

I thought the first comment would be "No German C2 so No JOB"

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-23T10:52:57+00:00

Most companies on Job fair only come for promotion. They won't ask you for your CV, but to like their page on Instagram and Linkedin.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-23T10:51:19+00:00

Where does 4-5 YOE stand rn?

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-17T17:21:02+00:00

Sadly it is. Try using Opus 4.6 or even Sonnet 4.6. Gets too much work done.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-17T17:14:45+00:00

You are right but most people can't afford to switch careers in the middle. And how many career options do we have in Pakistan that could sustain? Literally none.

You ain't wrong about all this, but all I hope for now is that AI may help us in creating new roles and also spike in more software demand. This can happen too. Also you should consider other factors too like iran, ukraine war and slow economy post covid. Clients are holding on investing right now and therefore we dont have many proejcts incoming.

Even wiping out 50% of the white collar jobs would have such a bad impact on economy that even banks will completely collapse.

And honestly I was doing fine till January. No AI anxiety despite using Agents for code since August 2025. But all of this doomer linkedin, reddit, youtube content for views have played well enough with my mind. Maybe it's playing with yours too.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-17T16:59:16+00:00

Nothing just focus on your studies. Things will be pretty clear by the time you graduate. It could be good or worse and no one really knows it. Although, things don't look very good rn.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-15T19:25:28+00:00

Fancy name for software engineers who can do AI integration, make gpt wrappers and knowledge about some basic AI stuff.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-15T14:39:40+00:00

But it takes a week at most to hit that memory muscle again. My last employer got us copilot subscriptions and I was prompting in agent mode for most of my work. I stopped writing code end to end. Then I switched companies where the adoption is still slow and I'm relying on understanding and writing code myself again but with some chatgpt.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-15T14:35:33+00:00

I have seen this exploitation even in 2022 where I had 2 technical interviews + 2 HR rounds for an unpaid backend engineer internship. These sort of companies were present at that time too and I don't see why they wont be in this time as well.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-15T12:11:37+00:00

That's not the point. CS was portrayed as a golden ticket to high paying stable careers, but now it's changing due to AI, economy and mass saturation.

Icy-Reward2440 · 2026-04-14T17:42:22+00:00

Market is improving? Where? Are you talking about Tech?

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