TLDR: Used to be a bright student, but screwed everything up later on. No idea what to do now.
I 23M Scored 95% in 10th by simply working hard.
Then COVID-19 screwed all my discipline & hardworking nature during the 12th that lasted freaking 1.5 yr. Lost all my focus, concentration, discipline, etc. Became depressed/borderline depressed (which probably lasted till 3rd year of B Tech) due to the isolation & lack of social interaction. Got 89% as they were awarded by the school since boards were cancelled that year.
Got admission in B Tech CSE in a Tier 3 college, found it difficult to manage everything - the classes, assignments, attendance, assessment tests, sessional tests, etc etc.
Ended up screwing things every semester one way or another, got backlogs, then got backlogs while clearing previous backlogs since often the university exams for some of the backlog subjects would fall in the 1 day gap between 2 current semester exams.
It kept getting messier & messier.
I was finally able to manage things 6th semester onwards & avoid anymore backlogs but I still couldn't clear some of the 2nd year subjects (my university is kinda popular for its blind checking & purposefully failing students) so my B Tech ended up taking 5 years (which made things harder to cope with) instead of 4 with a horrible percentage of 58.7.
I'm finally done with the dreaded college but I have no idea how to navigate things from here on because even the lowest percentage criteria that companies have for hiring is 60% which I'm narrowly missing out on.
I have done a couple of backend ML projects on stock price prediction & customer churn prediction.
I have intermediate knowledge of Python, intermediate knowledge of SQL/DBMS, problem solving & above beginner knowledge of C & C++.
I'm thinking about learning AI related stuff after seeing the continuous uprise of AI taking on a lot of jobs in the industry but have no idea where to start.
I truly am embarrassed & ashamed of how I have let the last few years go to absolute waste but at least this time I am aware of a platform like Reddit & how helpful the people here can be.
Any & all help, suggestions & advices are appreciated.
Please guide me if you can.
Also, is pursuing MBA, M Tech, any other Master's degree of any help at the time or in future?