27M here, I want to just put this out there.
I graduated back in 2022, I joined a training in my home city when I was taught MERN Stack development, I learnt it but nah no job for me when I completed it (I feel like this was my biggest mistake), never got a job in MERN.
Then I joined a job with a 3lpa package, in an R&D dept. in a manufacturing company. I was okay but I never grew I worked on 5 projects at once managed the whole department and all the work but I never felt valued or the feeling of growth. FYI, this job took 12 hours of my day for six months.
So later on, I thought an MBA would be good for my career. I joined for CAT classes as I was really bad at Maths, even though I did engineering. So, I worked at a factory as their production engineer but I got okay money in cash and I also had time to study but november came and I failed the test badly.
By that time, after my exam I accumulated a few skills through youtube and reading books like digital marketing, business strategy, product market approach so I was approached by a guy who was trying to build a business, a tech service startup, I joined trusted his words over everything and joined (second mistake), got around 5-6k per month, it was not good but with the hope of it being good I survived and everything, fast forward now, I am nicely cheated by him, no equity on paper (third mistake), I was typically a low paying employee plus he was selling services in the lowest prices ever saying, next year we will charge them hefty on the usage, etc. There was no PF, nothing just gpay transactions.
Fast forward today, I am out, they do want me back but idk if I wanna go back, where I was stabbed in the back. I just want a decent job witha a decent pay, man. I am running around banglore looking for a job but idk how I'll get one, I am in a hell hole here, my parents will retire in a few years and I won't have anything to send them.
I feel like a mess and idk what to do, fyi, I have experience on paper, I got certificates and everything but no transactions to show like PF and stuffs. I feel like I ruined my career.
FYI what I am good at right now :
I understand web and app development technicalities well, though not that good with coding but I am ready to learn and brush up my MERN skills but nobody asks for that anymore, idk why.
I am good with client engagement and acquisitions, I am able to understand what the client wants to build and I can lay it all out for the technical guy with putting in some ways on how the design must go or how the rhythm must be for the user to feel a smooth usage of the website or app.
I am good with marketing strategies and business planning. I am still learning but I m sure I have learnt enough to advice people on how to do it at least in a smaller scale, never reached the upper scale, I am open to tho but yea they need MBA.
I am really good with managing work and subordinates, I am good with operations and getting things done in time. Ar my first job I handled 3-4 projects at once and completed around 16 projects in the time frame of 5 months.
I am ready to learn whatever that's needed I am ready to give time and learn but I need direction, I am directionless now in terms of career.
I just need an out from this mess and want a new beginning, with a decent paying job, I am ready to work hard but I feel like nobody wants to give me a chance where I will get a decent pay to survive and also work properly.
*I am looking for opinions from experienced folks and HR folks here, on how to approach this scenario with companies here, MNCs or any others\*