[santoriv]

I don't know how anyone could answer this question accurately unless they've gone through the process of applying for jobs in many different cities when they had no work experience.

In San Francisco I was able to break into the market - it didn't happen quickly - it took a couple of years to move from free websites for friends to part-time work to a full-time salaried position. I have a music performance degree. That was about six years ago.

My sister was able to break into a real job much more quickly. She had a degree from UC Berkeley in Oceanography and then went to Hack Reactor for a couple of months. After a couple of months of applying for jobs, she got a pretty decent salaried position. This was from late 2015 to early 2016.

When you are starting out, it seems like getting a job is a matter of

1) Having a portfolio of work demonstrating that you can code

2) Applying to a ton of jobs

The San Francisco Bay Area has so many jobs that you can apply to positions literally all day long.

Good luck!