[sdsd]

Yup yup, in the words of Olivia Rodrigo, it's brutal out here. I've found it nigh impossible to sell my programming skills as a web dev. Instead I've found freelance work doing technical writing and making Urbit apps on the side. Wish me luck. Anyone wants to code together to train for that imaginary dream junior dev job in the sky, hmu! Always happy to learn with friends :)

[hitTheMat]

Companies are still looking for junior developers (in the US). If you're dead set on being a developer then go out and build things that you want to build. It will hopefully be an enjoyable process and you'll continue to improve along the way.

If that sounds like a terrible idea then consider switching to a different field, the trades are booming right now.