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.
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?