[robotichead]

Jugurtha covered a lot of the job market, I just want to cover the staying sane part.

I went through a 3 month stink last year where I was without a job. The main reason why I stayed sane was due to;

1. I worked on my side project https://github.com/robotichead/NearBeach. 2. I improved/studied my knowledge

From working on my side project I was able to show a lot of companies the project. This actually gave a foot in the door and an eventual job. I am not saying start your own project, however if you see a project online that you want to jump in and contribute I would highly recommend. You can then use this experience for your CV's STAR.

As for improving my knowledge, this is not just programming. There are many things you can improve on that can help, for example I noticed a lot of companies were using AWS or Azure. So I spent my time learning AWS - which was a second pillar for me getting my current job.

Those are the two main things that kept me sane during those 3 months. Good luck at getting a job - it is horrible being knocked back :(

[rc-1140]

I've been doing both of those myself, but it hasn't really paid off in any way. I made a CLI for interacting with Neocities and I've been sitting on Pluralsight a lot, but I don't get far enough or get people who want to hear about my projects or work.

AWS is a good topic, I'll probably sink a bunch of Pluralsight and grind time into it. Thanks for the wishes.