[Kaizyn]

Stop worrying about an 'interesting tech stack'. Most development work in the world is decidedly unsexy. Watch the job market carefully over the next couple weeks and pick the most promising looking jobs (no more than say 5-10), research the companies and apply. Accept the best offer.

What you will find is that there's a lot about professional development that you need to learn yet. In time you will see your salary go up. Unless you live in one of the high cost, high salary areas like NYC, San Francisco or Seattle, you're not likely to see the crazy salaries you read about online.

[throwAwayXYZ68]

I always thought I would be working on crypto or IoT or interesting products that would add something new to the world.

I guess it just was a shock to wake up to world of contractors maintaining legacy applications in JavaEE or PHP.