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在我青少年时期，我对编程产生了疯狂的兴趣。我之所以感兴趣，是因为我曾经为一款游戏编写模组脚本，这帮助我创造了梦想中的东西，而且，天啊，编写代码真是太令人愉快了！到了大学时期，我选择了计算机科学专业，因为我以为这辈子写代码会像我青少年时期那样酷。在大学期间，确实有那么一段时间是这样的！我顺利通过了所有课程，并且乐于为项目编写代码，还想出了一些独特的工具和想法来构建东西。毕业后，我遭遇了当头一棒。我发现我的国家几乎没有程序员的工作机会，而我的城市更是少之又少。我找了几个月，最终只能接受一份辅导员的工作。我当了两年辅导员，然后，纯粹是靠运气，我找到了一份带薪实习，申请后得到了这份职位。我想我之所以能得到这份实习，是因为薪水很低——基本上是廉价劳动力——但以我所在国家的标准来看，还算不错。我相信建立我的声誉、人脉，以及与一家美国初创公司合作的经验，比薪水更重要。我做了6个月的实习生，然后转为初级职位，做全栈开发。我又做了8个月的初级开发，然后这家初创公司没能获得融资。所以，我又失业了。我的前雇主把我推荐给了另一家初创公司，我在那里担任唯一的前端开发人员，薪水不错，工作也不错，但那家初创公司也没能获得融资，我也被解雇了。现在，我失业了。我在LinkedIn、HackerNews的每月“招聘”帖子上申请了数百甚至数千个职位，但一无所获。我现在正处于存在主义危机中，我所在地区的工作机会几乎不存在，即使我遇到了一个职位空缺，薪水也达不到我的标准；这根本不值得我付出努力。所以，我的目标是找到国外的合同制职位和完全远程的职位，老实说，我现在不知道这个目标的可行性有多大。由于全球市场饱和，我甚至在考虑将我的重心从软件开发转移出去。如果我是你，你会怎么做？我正在寻找真实、诚实和深思熟虑的反馈。

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During my teen years, I was crazy interested in programming. I got interested because I used to script mods for a game, it helped me create things I was dreaming of, and oh boy, it was a pleasure to write code!Forward to my university years, I got into computer science because I thought writing code for the rest of my life would be as cool as it was in my teen years. For a moment, during my university years, it was! I aced my classes and was happily writing code for projects and coming up with unique little tools and ideas to build.After graduation, I hit a brick wall. I found out there are very few jobs for programmers in my country, and almost none in my city. I searched for months, but in the end, I settled for a tutoring role. I worked as a tutor for two years, and then, just with sheer luck, I found a paid internship, applied, and was offered the position. I think I got offered the internship because the pay was low—it was basically slave labor—but it was decent by my country’s standards. I believed that building my reputation, network, and experience working with a US-based startup was worth more than the pay.I worked as an intern for 6 months, then moved to a Jr. Role, doing full-stack work. I worked as a Jr for 8 more months, then the startup failed to secure funding. So, again, I was unemployed.I got referred to a different startup by my old employer, started working there as the only frontend developer, the pay was good, and the work was good, but that startup also failed to secure funding, and I was let go.Now, I am unemployed. I applied to hundreds, if not thousands, of openings on LinkedIn, HackerNews’ monthly “Who is Hiring” threads, but got nothing.I am now in an existential crisis, local work where I live is almost non-existent, and even if I do come across an opening, the pay is not even decent by my standards; it simply is not worth the effort. So, my goal is to find contract roles and fully remote roles abroad, and honestly, I don’t know how viable that goal is now.I am even thinking of shifting my focus away from software development due to the market saturation worldwide.What would you do if you were me? I’m looking for real, honest, and thoughtful feedback.

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