June 2020.
I receive a DM from a college student in California. The message read something like this "Hey Pratham, I am one of the co-founders of XYZ Inc, a robotics company, we are looking to add enthusiastic people to our team, would you be interested?"
(2 / 11)
It was the first time I had ever been offered a job, so I said Yes! (I did reject it later)
There were a couple of interview rounds I had to go through. None of them included technical questions, which was interesting.
(3 / 11)
After the first interview, I saw the list of the roles I could apply for. I realized how little I knew, terms like "Ui/UX, ROS(Robot operating system)", at that time, I was overwhelmed.
(4 / 11)
I knew that this wasn't a job for me. I decided that I would reject this job role even if I cleared the second round, which I ended up doing.
(5 / 11)
August 2020
I had quite a bit of free time with me, and I had learned a decent amount of HTML, CSS, and JS.
What should I do next? Of course! Search for a job 😅
(Spoiler Alert: Bad decision)
I made a tweet asking if anyone wanted to hire me as a front end developer.
(6 / 11)
That tweet exploded, and within an hour, I got a job offer.
I ended up having a zoom call with the CEO of the company.
(7 / 11)
Things did not look right. They wanted me to create a full-stack production-ready application without any team or a senior developer's help. I ended up rejecting this offer.
(8 / 11)
Late 2020
I get a DM from this person working on a startup based on a blockchain recommendation system, and the company was profitable. ( According to him)
They were even willing to pay me a very good salary.
(9 / 11)
However, I honestly did not believe in the company's idealogy, which is why I rejected this offer too.
My parents told me that at this age, learning and exploring new things was really what I should be doing, not look for jobs.
(10 / 11)