Fifty applications and two replies is not a verdict on you. It’s what job hunting looks like for a lot of people.

Fifty applications and two replies feels personal, and almost none of it is. Most places get far more people than they can read carefully, and the silence is about their stack, not your worth. Treating a low reply rate as a judgment turns an ordinary numbers game into evidence against yourself, which it is not. Hiring is slow and strange nearly everywhere, and plenty of people you admire went through the same quiet stretch.

Keep a simple list of where you applied and when, so the effort stops feeling invisible. Then send two or three more this week, and let the list be the measure rather than your mood.