[mannycalavera42]

early in our career we are (we should be) in "sponge mode". we can learn at lot and quickly. You should not waste this time. As somebody already said, things change a lot depending on the people you get to work with, and then how you work with them (you could be surrounded by amazing people but because of corp-rigidity you would not learn much from them anyway).

Reach out to your connections and figure out which company(ies) to apply for.

Go through interviews with a clear idea of what to ask for: interviews are not just for candidate screening, do the reverse and learn how to screen for good companies (before and during the interview process)

IMHO remote work is not the best for a career start