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Everyone has opinions on this so take mine worth the price charged.

You could go to a talent / recruiting program, there are usually some university affiliated programs that have ties to major tech companies or advertising firms.

Of course there are internships as well.

All of that is fine, but anecdotally I found it was far easier to just start doing weird / fantastic things with the internet. Experiment, have fun, create wacky things and blog / YouTube / TikTok about it (full disclosure there was no TikTok in my day). Get the word out that you do this stuff and funnel everything back to a portfolio page that says your available for contract or hire.

Additionally, start attending events where there are other “famous” devs doing what you want to do. Get to know the people and participate. Might take a few years, but if you’re motivated you can network your way into something.

Yeah it’s a ton of work - but that’s a barrier to entry also potentially highly lucrative.