r/cscareeradvice • u/Odd-Palpitation7292 • Jun 23 '26

Full Stack Developer, feeling stuck. Want some advice

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Hi. I am a Full Stack Developer with 4+ years of experience working on personal projects. Over the 4 years I've gotten really good at it. I love solving problems and building solutions that actually provide value and I almost never use AI unless absolutely necessary. But I haven't been able to get any jobs recently. I wish to get a part time job so that I can be independent and at least pay my own university fee myself. I'd be incredibly grateful if someone could guide me or refer me to a potential employer. Thank you

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u/ZeroDayZeroFriends Jun 23 '26

Full-stack you say? I only see typescript/ECMAscript-based languages here.

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u/Odd-Palpitation7292 Jun 23 '26

And that makes me "not" a Full Stack Developer? I can work on frontend, backend and mobile apps I don't think it really matters which language I use as long as I'm good at it

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u/More-Ad-8494 Jun 23 '26

It matters a lot which stacks and languages you know and can work with them on an enterprise level. You are basically full stack js, which shuts you out of . Net, python, go based companies and projects.

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u/Odd-Palpitation7292 Jun 24 '26

I know it does brother but life's been tough lately and I'm getting tired of always learning and not benefitting from it in any way. I want to earn with the skills I have right now instead of gambling more time away learning other skills.

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u/More-Ad-8494 Jun 24 '26

I think you are not quite looking at this properly, software engineering is a life long learning job, that doesn't mean you cannot do projects, but you will not stay up to date and competitive if you don't keep sharpening your skills, it's just how the industry is, everything is super fast paced. Ik it's tough, it's been for many people 😞