duxup 9 hours ago

Find a small company, there are lots of little software companies that work in niche areas.

They may not pay as much up front but you get your foot in the door and at small organizations you can touch everything.

Don’t be afraid to look at weird industries you might not associate with tech.

  • tolarewaju3 5 hours ago

    Ahh this is good advice. Thank you!!

sph 2 hours ago

> it's pretty bleak right now.

My brother in $DEITY, it’s been bleak since 2023 at the very least. Two years later it’s no longer just a phase.

Forget underrated, the only thing that works is referrals and word of mouth. As you’re already in the field, your direct contacts are her best option.

toomuchtodo 9 hours ago

Local/state government tech work. Pay is lower, job security higher.

bayareapsycho 41 minutes ago

idk I just spammed my resume everywhere and did a bunch of leetcode and that was enough, apply to 5 different roles every day and you'll eventually get something

sargstuff 9 hours ago

Make use of a hacker space[1] / start a version of Home Brew Computer club [0] and/or other local area club affiliated with a professional organization / join,participate in a related professional organization subgroup activity(s)[2]

[0] : https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happened-at-the-homebrew-...

      https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/312
[1] : https://hackerspaces.org/

[2] : a) https://www.acm.org/

      b) https://www.ieee.org/

      c) start a side project to keep/retain skills aka https://makezine.com/

      d) "top 10" professional organizations : https://technologymagazine.com/top10/top-10-technology-associations
  • tolarewaju3 5 hours ago

    I’d never thought about this actually. I’ll definitely check out hacker spaces

VirusNewbie 8 hours ago

Contribute substantially to large open source projects with active communities.

  • tolarewaju3 4 hours ago

    This is good and actionable. I work for Red Hat, so I actually love this