[dschobel]

Anecdotally, the company for which I work (big financial research company, fortune 500) really likes people with 2-4 years of professional experience and has been having a hard time finding them.

Talking to our HR people, the majority of programming candidates they see are either fresh out of school with zero professional experience, or they're consulting refugees (Avanade, IBM, etc) with 10 years of experience who are just going to bolt as soon as the consulting industry recovers.

Honestly, two years of real world experience and willingness to take a junior position makes you kind of a commodity.

Are you not getting to the interview stage? If that's the case, I would echo what the others say, check craigslist in bigger metro areas.

If you're getting to the interview but not getting offers, well, that's another Ask HN in and of itself.