Ask HN: Stuck and Depressed – Need Guidance
- In 2016, I started college, studying towards my Computer Science degree. I loved all programming lectures, and was constantly among the best students in these lectures.
- In 2020, I graduated with a GPA of 2.9/4.0 (73.9%/100%), I was among the top 10 students of my class.
- Shortly afterwards in 2020, I started working as a freelance trainer at a coding school in my city, but the pay was not good, and since I was doing as a freelancer, I had months with no students at all, so no pay.
- I liked training, but I thought it's not for me, since I have to re-explain the same concepts over and over again, it gets boring pretty quickly.
- At the same time, I built a website for a client using Django.
And that's almost all I have! Now you might be wondering what's the deal here, why did I just post all of the above?
I am currently stuck in Tutorial Hell! I have no idea whether I should be after Mobile Development or Web or something else entirely!
I am not even sure whether my current knowledge is sufficient for a job or not.
I know that I need to work on projects and a portfolio, but I have no idea of projects! And even if I did, I just can't finish the project and I leave it halfway.
Is it possible to evaluate my current knowledge and get customized guidance on what I should do? Because I really need someone to help me out. I can't just research on my own anymore.
PS: I live in a city with almost no tech jobs.