Hey everyone — I’m a final-year student, and I’ve been wondering this a lot lately. We always hear that “you need a good project to land a job”, but most students I know either copy from GitHub, get stuck, or just… give up. We’re doing a small open survey to understand this from both sides — students and educators. If you’ve ever: Built or struggled with a final-year project
Helped someone else do it (educator/mentor)
Wanted to sell or learn from real-world projects
We’d love to hear your honest experience. 🙏 It’s just 2–3 mins, totally anonymous. 📄 Survey Link – for students & educators
We’ll be using the insights to create open resources and maybe a system that actually helps. Thanks in advance if you participate — or drop a comment about your experience.
Second this, it was the largest blocker, but also time, with other classes and the cadence of the school year, that didn’t align well with the real world timeframes.
Absolutely agree — time is such an underrated blocker. We’re expected to juggle 4–5 subjects, labs, assignments, exams… and somehow still build a “real-world” project with full documentation and deployment. It’s no surprise most of us feel like we’re behind. That point about school timelines not aligning with real-world cycles really hits — no one talks about that. Appreciate you sharing this 🙏 Out of curiosity, did you ever manage to finish something after the semester ended, once you had more breathing room?