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Asked by Anonymous - Apr 18, 2025Hindi
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Meri almost 3sal hone wali hai b. Tech complete huyi hai. B. Tech ke bad ak bpo mai kam kiya. Lekin health issue ke karan absconde ho gayi. Uske bad mai 1year 7month se try kar rahi hu software field mai jane ke liye. Bat unfortunately nehi ho rahi hai. Please help me. Kiya mai Software domain mai ja sakti hu. Mujhe job milegi ish domain main. Meri knowledge python, HTML, sql hai. Female-27

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Mai 27sal ki ak ladki hu. Mainne diploma and engineering kiya hu Instrumentation ke upar. Meri academic score 60percentage nehi hai. English mai bhi bohot weak hu. Maine 2022mai engineering complete kiya hu. Coding knowledge bhi jada nehi hai. Last year as customer support kam kiya tha. Tabiyet kharap hone ke karon job chor diya. Last 6maine se ghar pe betha hu. Bohot dhunda job nehi mila. Please mujhe thoda help karo.
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