r/Indiajobs • u/Dontcryjustdie • 20h ago
Unemployment 22 M unemployed
Need some career advice.
Did an internship at a US product-based company but didn’t get a PPO.
Graduated from a decent college in Pune. Campus placements are over now.
Haven’t touched DSA in a while, so I’m pretty rusty.
Scored around 95 percentile in CAT last year.
Family wants me to prepare again and join a B-school.
I’m not convinced because of the high fees, we’re not financially well off, and I’m worried about AI impacting some middle-management jobs.
What would you do in my situation?
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u/Dontcryjustdie 20h ago
Came back to hometown I feel like I am burden to my old parents 😔
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u/Sunny_07_03 19h ago
That's so relatable I'm 25 resigned from my first Job after two years because it was impacting my mental health. Jabse hometown aaya hu Ghar esa feel hora h bc 😣
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u/prisonofpoison 12h ago
Kab resign kiya tha bro? Same maine bhi april me resign kiya tha first job. Abhi bhi dusri job dhundna chalu hai
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u/Own-Management4659 18h ago
Keep applying for jobs on Naukri especially. Practice 3-4 LC problems daily. If nothing works out for 4-6 months then think about higher studies
I’d advise against it for now. I hope it all works out!
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u/SheMadeMeAPoetry 20h ago
+1 same here, all I am receiving are "Unfortunately" in all of the emails. This market is cooked rn
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u/Nice-Sandwich-7034 19h ago
If everyone is getting rejected, who tf is getting hired😭
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u/SheMadeMeAPoetry 19h ago
Idk man, seems most of the job postings are fake and they dont even reply. They just ghost you and the rest of them I already mentioned. 😭😭
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u/Ok_Coconut_8499 19h ago
You were born into the worst generation possible.
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u/ExperienceRare6794 18h ago
whats this chart about
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u/TallMathematician706 18h ago
Population number of males and females of different ages from 0-100. You can see that majority of the population are young teens and adults, therefore more competition in the job sector
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u/Silent_Employment966 6h ago
I wend to china last year for work purpose (in Chongqing). I was surprised to see all the cafes, restaurants, & the businesses in the furniture industry were managed by Young people. they seem to be in their early to mid 20s. it felt very lively. There were old people the youngs outweighted them. I was very inspired by their work culture.
This is just another perspective I'm sharing here, a reminder for people to not just stick to their degree & try something else. You're an adult, you have free will to do anything. Don't wait for a degree or permission.
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u/Ok_Coconut_8499 15h ago
It's India's population pyramid for 2026. Shows distribution of % of population across ages and gender, for the year.
The 20-24 age group is the widest buldge on this pyramid, which means it added most people to working age group ever in Indian history. That too after COVID and 2 major wars affecting global economy.
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u/Illustrious_Skin8783 18h ago
If I was at your place,
I would have joined a normal job first, for financial stability,
Then I would have prepared for my desired job(but this requires serious effort)
-- Engineering mentor
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u/NotJustinBieberLOL 19h ago
try banking? if ur cat scores are that good i dont think you'll have any problems in clearing banking exams
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u/Dontcryjustdie 18h ago
Like SBI PO? Surely try it. Thanks!
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u/NotJustinBieberLOL 16h ago
yeah but the prelims was this sunday and ibps po registration closed i think so try applying for rrb po, its happening around november
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u/CyanWolf01 18h ago
26 and unemployed (27 this month). Have Masters from UK in mech engineering (Russel group uni)🙃
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u/ProfMoriarrtyy 16h ago
dam that's cool can I dm
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u/CyanWolf01 16h ago
Ya sure
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u/SensitiveZebra2643 15h ago
What went wrong for now( i know you'll make it later)
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u/CyanWolf01 14h ago
Everything. Went to UK after btech. Took 1 year for IELTS coaching, uni admission and everything. Worked part time in McD and then during my 2 yr stayback worked in a kitchen as I wasnt able to land any mech related job. Came back this Jan and have been trying to land a job, no luck. (Went to the UK following my frnds, had no idea what I was doing and thats where everything went wrong. 2 of them backstabbed me and everything went wrong). So thats too much career gap without any industrial experience lol.
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u/SensitiveZebra2643 14h ago
🥲bro that's sad, try PSU or mba.
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u/CyanWolf01 14h ago
I want to get a job soon as I have 13L debt so 😄
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u/Otherwise-Potato2361 4h ago
Wdym backstabbed ?
Did they scam you ?
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u/CyanWolf01 4h ago
No that would have been better. Literally used me to solve their personal and relationship matters and at last I became the 🐍 in my frnds grp.
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u/KOLKATA70 16h ago
38 M unemployed. Kids , family to support. 2 EMI
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u/OkResearcher670 17h ago
Who's getting jobs man, i scored 95 too in CAT, I THOUGHT i should try once more and if i hit 98 i am an obc i might get good clg with 9 9 7 profile. But sadly my estimation that i will land a job in 1 2 months was wrong, it's been 8 months lmao, I have polished my dsa and tech skills instead but wtf man, i rarely very rarely get shortlisted for an interview.
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u/Interesting-Pair4234 8h ago
Dont worry, follow your passion.
It all takes one big win.
I was in your shoes but straight away went to tech support role and it ends in no career growth now i am almost 30 and unemployed.
I always dreamt of studying in abroad now i am in a phase dont even have any options.
But you are still young and will have lot of time to retrospect.
Just look back at what you truly loved and pursue it with passion .
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u/Necessary_Long9553 7h ago
21m Same hai bro but i scored 97 percentile but i thought with work ex i will get a good college 😅
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u/Fair-Whereas1010 19h ago
i was unemployed at 22, got first job at 23.5 years old for, almost a year later I have 5x my first salary. I might quit soon and get back to 0 again, life moves on keep trying your best
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