Hello HN,

Sorry, I am not here to rant but to discuss something.

I am Open Source Developer who also happens to study Computer Science Engineering in One Engineering College of India(I am at Final Year).

I have programmed few Open Source softwares from my own will, and they are quite popular and widely used. I have also learnt programming this way mostly programming them myself with my own interest.

But, I want to get a programming job by next year to sustain myself. I have applied to many places, many startups, many companies and so on. I have avoided top companies which ask leetcode problems because i am not so good at leetcoding.

I approached one company and gave me take away home problem. I spent hours on that problem trying to make it very good. Even though i did it well, they rejected me abruptly telling that I am not good. Ironically, they hired another person to whom I had told about the company and they had asked him same problem which they solved in exact way i had solved before (also,i had told them about problem).

Another company calls for the interview, then when interview is over tells me that No suitable roles are available.

Another company gives me Take away home problem and doesn't reply after i submitted my solution.

And there are many other companies to which I have applied. Some responded, some didn't but I didn't even get any success.

I am hopeless right now because My Job Search is yielding no results and also because I have received lot of rejections. I have invested hours building the project they ask and they reject me and now I feel that I have wasted my time too. I don't think I am skill-less too. I am totally confused, HNers, and I feel hopeless.

Regarding the skills, I know Backend Development in Java,Go , Frontend Development in React, Svelte(this is my fave), also Vue.I also know few other tech like Postgres, Redis. Plus, I have also developed Open Source Android App in the past and know basic Kotlin. Now, I am studying Rust too, having done few personal projects(axum is my favourite web framework).

Anyway, If you have any suggestions, please tell me.