Hi there and thank you very much for your time and consideration. To provide a better picture I will start from the beginning.

I started my higher education going into software engineering. Followed courses in my country which were accredited by UK universities and completed bachelors degree. However, unfortunately the moment I finished my bachelors, my country fell into economic depression (took place in 2019 pre-covid) and I was unable to get into any sort of internship or graduate placements as most companies initiated a hiring freeze. I had to resort to go for BPO (business process output) kind of job just to make ends meet. I had to work long hours as the pay was very low and therefore I did not have any kind of time to build any software development portfolio after i graduated. I tried getting into it many times but I kind of lost my whole touch. After COVID things got worse and had to take another 2 jobs just to keep things going. one of the jobs ended up being a part time teacher for an IT diploma level course. This only covered the basic foundation level topics of overall IT.

Soon i realized I was going nowhere with these useless jobs and therefore made the plan of trying to set foot elsewhere to jump start my career. Decided on making the move to the UK by applying for a masters program. I did not do this solely to gain access to the UK but also have been planning to change myself from a pure software engineer to the business side of IT and selected a program which helped me achieve this. Now fast forward, I was able to complete my program with top marks but now I am witnessing the complete UK job market is at a standstill. I have tried applying for internships and graduate programs but nothing is panning out. I have not only focused on Business IT roles but also went for software engineering roles as well. The entry level market is completely saturated and there doesnt seem anyway to breakthrough.

Right now I am applying for my Graduate Visa (a.k.a Post-study work visa) which would grant me another 2 year stay. But i doubt the job market would change quickly and whether I would be able to really start my career. Right now it seems that I could only be doing some retail and odd kind of jobs but there doesnt seem to be anything promising.

I do not aim to settle in the UK. I just came here to study and get a little starting experience and possibly go back where I came from to build my career. Its like i have been lying to myself again and again about being able to see the light at the end of tunnel.