Work / What are some good tips that you have that would boost my chance of getting a job in Poland after graduation? [5]

Hi guys, I'm Chinese Canadian and I will move to Warsaw next month to do a 1.5 years master program in Electrical Engineering taught in English at Warsaw University of Technology. The coursework is related to high voltage, power system, etc. I am also planning to take electives related to programming so that I can apply for programming jobs in case if I still cannot find any job related to electrical engineering after graduation. I did my undergrad at a pretty good university in Canada (Top 300-400 worldwide) but ended up with a low GPA. After applying for hundreds of jobs, I decided to move to apply for master in Europe, unfortunately my GPA is too low to go to top tier European countries like Germany which is the main reason why I'm moving to Poland.

I do not have any engineering/internship experience but I have some experience in electronics manufacturing, customer service/retail, manager at a bar, and volunteered at two non-profit organizations for 3 years. I am also proficient in Spanish and Indonesian apart from English and I have an intermediate proficiency in Italian and Chinese. I have done my research and read other posts saying how hard it would be for most foreign students to find a job after graduation because companies are reluctant in sponsoring them for work permit. I don't mind a low salary, and I don't mind working in any part of Poland although it's located in a small village.

My plan once I arrive in Poland and settle all the documents required is to find an unpaid engineering internship. I also have been studying Polish intensively everyday for 6-8 hours from various resources; Oscar Swan textbook, Youtube videos, Duolingo, Memrise, I also text with native Polish speakers on Hellotalk. I am pretty confident that I will reach B2 after living in Poland for 1.5 year.

I have done my research and I know that it's going to be tough. What I want from you is to give me an advice for the next 1.5 years on things that I should do to prepare myself for the job market in Poland.

Work / What are the most sought IT skills in Poland? [2]

I just have one semester left before I finish my msc at the politechnika warszawska in electrical engineering. Currently I have a part time job as a bilingual English/Spanish sales engineer, writing technical requirements based on the user needs, explain the needs of clients, and making quite good money. However, I would like to switch my career to software development. It seems that all design engineering jobs are reserved to native Poles, but I prefer to do something more technical and I learned that most IT jobs in Poland don't require you to speak Polish. I know some stuff about coding from my undergrad coursework and I actually enjoy coding too. Once I graduate, I really would like to stay in Poland and just work here in the field of IT.

I took some IT courses in my university including Python, PHP and artificial intelligence. Currently in the summer, I also take intensive Polish course at B1 level and I teach myself SQL. I am just wondering if any of you would have any advice on things that I can learn during my free time beside improving my spoken Polish. I am thinking of learning Linux Shell once I become competent with SQL because I already know some programming languages such as C, C++, Java so I figure if I learn something that is completely different but valuable among Polish employers.

Law / Can I reapply for Karta Pobytu while I have another ongoing application? [2]

Hello guys,

So I applied for Karta Pobytu in person last yead at the end of October and have been waiting since. I got an access to the wnioski website that says the decision should have been made by the end of June but I am still waiting since.

Currently I am doing my masters at a local university and I will graduate in February. If I still do not get my karta pobytu by that time, can I just reapply for the karta pobytu on the basis of finding a job after graduation?

And actually I just got a new job offer for a management role and started working at a local Polish company. I just work part time but the CEO is willing to give me a fulltime job in March next year. How does the sponsorship work? As far as I know I can work in Poland without any work permit if I have a local university degree.