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by jerf 3789 days ago
In addition to outericky's post, consider if you can present a sample project to employers. You say you had an idea for a website; do you still have it? Is it running? Put that in your resume, link to the source code if you can. (Perhaps take a bit to clean it up if necessary, or make sure to highlight what it is and where the best stuff is.) There's a lot of places you can get a foot in the door if it's a decent website. You probably do want to stay away from anywhere with heavy HR screening.

You may also want to consider trying to angle for a management track. I'm not sure you can jump straight there, but if you can find something a little bit larger than a 5-person startup, and can find something growing, you may be able to work you way up that path; put a bit of that under your belt and you'll probably be in pretty decent shape.

Perhaps some people who have gone that path could offer some insight?

But, upshot, with some hustle you seem hireable to me based on the given info. You just definitely aren't in a position where the job will hop into your lap right now.