[dennisqian]

For me (recently graduated in May, in a very similar boat as you), it came down to networking and getting noticed. I attended StartupWeekend/3DayStartup/hackathon events around my town and university. That put me in touch with a lot of relevant people who could give me intros and referrals to startups I was interested in. Also note that many of the sponsors of hackathons done at universities are often from tech hubs like SV/NYC.

I also threw my resume into startup application aggregators such as engineerapplication.com, nycstartu.ps, hackruiter.com, and angel.co/talent. Each of those sites got me 2-3 conversations each.

Once you meet one or two people in your tech hub of choice, it'll be easy to get introduced to many more.

[hoka]

This is awesome advice! I'd only heard of hackruiter before, and I applied when my skill set was much smaller than it is now.