I'm 19, moved to Poland from occupied East Ukraine without parents and without any money. I wanted to escape that place at any cost. Here I got my first job, my first money, and my first own room. And now I can speak, I can breathe, I can do whatever I want. But I don't really want to do anything. I just want to play games all day or watch YouTube. Anything. I don't really have any friends here, or any friends at all, and I feel that I need some support. I had to leave my last job because my back and legs were hurt. I really want to find a job in IT. I had an on-site interview for game FQA last Monday, and now I'm waiting for an answer.

I just don't know why I'm writing this. Maybe just to read some kind words.

My Tecno Spark 10 Pro (MediaTek Helio G88, Android 12) bootlooped after a banking app froze. Now it boots straight into stock recovery with the message that Android cannot be loaded and data may be corrupt. The bootloader is unlocked. I hooked it up to an Android tablet via OTG with Bugjaeger. The device uses A/B partitioning and was running on slot b. I switched it to slot a via fastboot, but slot a gives the exact same recovery loop, so the issue is clearly a corrupted userdata partition failing to mount during early init. All I need is my local KeePass database file from internal storage. I know modern Android uses File-Based Encryption with keys sealed in the TEE, but since my bootloader is unlocked, is there any known way via fastboot, MTK tools, or custom boot images to extract or decrypt that single file before I wipe the device? Or is it completely unrecoverable once the filesystem fails to mount?

My Tecno Spark 10 Pro (MediaTek Helio G88, Android 12) bootlooped after a banking app froze. Now it boots straight into stock recovery with the message that Android cannot be loaded and data may be corrupt. The bootloader is unlocked. I hooked it up to an Android tablet via OTG with Bugjaeger. The device uses A/B partitioning and was running on slot b. I switched it to slot a via fastboot, but slot a gives the exact same recovery loop, so the issue is clearly a corrupted userdata partition failing to mount during early init. All I need is my local KeePass database file from internal storage. I know modern Android uses File-Based Encryption with keys sealed in the TEE, but since my bootloader is unlocked, is there any known way via fastboot, MTK tools, or custom boot images to extract or decrypt that single file before I wipe the device? Or is it completely unrecoverable once the filesystem fails to mount?

Hi everyone,

I arrived in Poland from Ukraine a few days ago. I do not have a university degree and I have never worked in IT before, but I have some practical skills and wanted to ask for advice.

I have used Linux as my main system on my desktop for a few years, and I really like fixing system problems. I also host different things on my own server: Wireguard, OpenVPN, Hysteria2, Matrix, XMPP, Mumble, an IRC bouncer, my own Git server, and a static website synced with rsync. I used Docker a lot and now I am learning Podman. I also know some basic programming: I made small games in LOVE2D with Lua, tried C++ and Unity, and wrote a Python bot that checks ticket availability on a website and sends notifications.

My English is around B1 level. I can read documentation easily, write in text chat, and speak okay, but I am still working on it. I do not speak Polish yet, but I want to learn it.

I know that getting a developer job is very hard right now, so I am not looking for that. I am ready to start with any entry job: technical support, helpdesk, junior Linux administrator, or an assistant role. I really want to work in tech and avoid physical work in warehouses if possible.

Is it realistic to find this kind of job in Poland without Polish and with B1 English? What job titles should I search for on LinkedIn or Pracuj, and do companies care about self-hosted home server projects?

Thank you for any advice!