[dzonga]

let's be honest option 1: is non-viable in this economy - those places are not hiring & most places are not hiring.

only viable option in an economy that's not hiring is to hire yourself - but don't swing for the fences - just small scale stuff e.g 250 people paying you $40/month

[dzonga]

this means getting into non sexy things - i.e ecosystem e.g PHP / Wordpress / Shopify etc

not as sexy as ML etc that HN raves about but you will survive