What should third world dev do in this economy?

I'm from Bangladesh. If you know, the political situation here is pretty unstable. And everything feels even worse with the trade war, AI taking over, and all that.

I call this country the graveyard of dreams. People who are a little privileged eventually move to the EU or USA. But lower middle-class folks like us don’t really have a way to leave the country for undergrad.

There was a time when remote jobs were a wave. Skilled people used to earn a decent amount of money. But that trend seems to be fading. Nobody’s hiring. And for someone with little experience, getting a job feels like a dream.

The freelance market is also down. There’s barely any work on platforms like Fiverr and Upwork. I used to earn a bit by doing small tasks on Fiverr, but my account’s been in abeyance for months.

In an economy where experienced devs in the USA are struggling to find work, what are we even supposed to do just to survive? I’m 19, and I’ve never seen chaos like this. I honestly don’t know what I should do from here.

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