Master’s in CS, with not much experience, Is It Too Late to Restart My Tech Career? /u/Outside-Midnight-484 CSCQ protests reddit

I am 27 (1997) have European passport, had degree in IT (bachelor) and masters in CS

I graduated in 2018, and worked for fall in cyber security company but without much success then went to US and got masters in CS. I messed up that I was speed running my degree instead of getting internships, hackathons and etc.

So I graduate in 2021 I think and then I have no job offer, no one wants me without internship and that made me super depressed and I did some boot camp and got a random IT job at family friends company and coasted and wasted time while on OPT without doing anything productive and being depressed

2024 I moved to UAE due to family as my visa in USA has expired and worked in a family business company which is a waste of time and now have fights at work as how they interact with employees and conduct business

Long story short I feel like wasting time and I feel sick to my stomach I got to 27, without doing anything in life, be no where in terms of career, dependent on parents support and being a bum

Now regarding CS I didn’t touch anything for a year or two, not much resume experience and I don’t even know where to live and what area to work at and which direction

Lost at life, can’t ask my parents or friend as no one really knows what to advise and of course parents want me to stay in this mess to help but if business closes down I’m no one and homeless

Don’t know what to do, I was thinking trying to do backend or learn full stack again but CS industry is on the low especially in UAE as they hire indians or Pakistanis on low salary barely survivable

Maybe try taking a major loan and become a pilot? I got FA license level 1 for football but as I don’t have much academy experience in football I am behind in terms of football skills

TLDR: don’t know what to do, where to go, who to ask and wasting my life

I am 27 (1997) have European passport, had degree in IT (bachelor) and masters in CS

I graduated in 2018, and worked for fall in cyber security company but without much success then went to US and got masters in CS. I messed up that I was speed running my degree instead of getting internships, hackathons and etc.

So I graduate in 2021 I think and then I have no job offer, no one wants me without internship and that made me super depressed and I did some boot camp and got a random IT job at family friends company and coasted and wasted time while on OPT without doing anything productive and being depressed

2024 I moved to UAE due to family as my visa in USA has expired and worked in a family business company which is a waste of time and now have fights at work as how they interact with employees and conduct business

Long story short I feel like wasting time and I feel sick to my stomach I got to 27, without doing anything in life, be no where in terms of career, dependent on parents support and being a bum

Now regarding CS I didn’t touch anything for a year or two, not much resume experience and I don’t even know where to live and what area to work at and which direction

Lost at life, can’t ask my parents or friend as no one really knows what to advise and of course parents want me to stay in this mess to help but if business closes down I’m no one and homeless

Don’t know what to do, I was thinking trying to do backend or learn full stack again but CS industry is on the low especially in UAE as they hire indians or Pakistanis on low salary barely survivable

Maybe try taking a major loan and become a pilot? I got FA license level 1 for football but as I don’t have much academy experience in football I am behind in terms of football skills

TLDR: don’t know what to do, where to go, who to ask and wasting my life