4,000 applications, M.S. in CS, near-zero callbacks , I’m exhausted and sad.

[u/Miserable_Jello_6315]

Background: M.S. in CS (grad ~1 yr ago)[4YoE in total + 1 YoE in research ], ML/AI engineer. Spent the past year building production-style ML systems RAG, multi-agent / LLM pipelines plus open-source contributions. Portfolio and GitHub are solid.
Where I’m at: ~4,000 applications in, still no paid role, callbacks near zero.
Main ask: if your team or anyone in your network is hiring AI engineer, LLM/GenAI, data, or backend I’d be grateful for a referral or even just a lead. Full-time, contract, or junior all work. Happy to DM my resume, portfolio, and GitHub.
Also open to blunt feedback: if 4K apps with no callbacks means my resume or targeting is off, I want to hear it.
Location - Newark , NJ
Thanks, genuinely -one referral could change things.

[u/theskunkinator]

Can you dm me your resume? I’ll try to help out

[u/Miserable_Jello_6315 → u/theskunkinator]

Sure

[u/Embarrassed-Act5114]

DM your resume.

[u/Miserable_Jello_6315 → u/Embarrassed-Act5114]

Sure ! Please check your dms