“I know how painful it is to wake up with hope and go to bed with disappointment. I lived that cycle for months.”
I always wondered as a child: how do computers work?
That curiosity led me to code my first game in my 12th-grade holidays. It was tiny, maybe even broken, but it sparked something in me.
Fast forward to college, during my third year, placement season hit. While others were busy choosing between companies, I was still figuring out how to code better, learning both DSA and the MERN stack — mostly from YouTube, mostly self-taught.
And somehow… I cracked my first placement early.
But things weren’t so magical.
After joining the company, I was told I’d be shifted to testing. I didn’t want that — my love was development, not just clicking buttons or logging bugs.
So I did something scary.
I quit.
Then came the hardest 2 months of my life.
- Applied to 30 jobs every single day
- Faced dozens of rejections
- Got ghosted in interviews
- Woke up with hope, slept with heartbreak
- Refreshed emails way too many times
Nothing.
Until one day — 8 AM.
I updated my Naukri profile. Didn’t think much of it. Just another morning in the grind.
By evening, I got a call.
“Hi, we saw your profile. Would you be free for a quick tech round?”
Two interviews later, I had a job offer in my inbox.
And honestly? I thought it was a scam.
After getting ghosted so many times, even a real opportunity felt fake. But it was real. And today I’m working there — as an Associate Software Developer Intern.
🎯 What Worked For Me:
Updating my job portal profiles daily (especially between 8–9 AM)
Applying to 30+ jobs every day
Believing that the right company exists — it just hasn’t found you yet
💡 What I’d Tell Anyone Still Searching:
I know the pain of seeing your dream every day but not reaching it. Of watching others succeed while you’re still stuck.
But please: don’t give up.
Your effort is adding up. Even when it doesn’t show.
Something will click. The right recruiter, the right company, the right time — it’ll all align.
Just make it your mission to:
- Apply 30+ Jobs daily
- Learn something small daily
- Update your naukri profile between 8–9 AM
- Believe that you’re not late — your offer is just on its way
Final Words
If you’re in the same boat I was in — keep rowing.
And if this story helped or inspired you even a little:
👉 Follow me here on DEV — I’ll be sharing more real, raw stories from the dev world.
Let’s grow together 🚀
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