I really appreciate the time you took to write this constructive reply. I'm employed but looking and also selective of what I will take right now. If I was out

I really appreciate the time you took to write this constructive reply. I'm employed but looking and also selective of what I will take right now. If I was out of work I probably would have taken something already or moved. I work remotely now and would like to avoid a commute still. I also narrow down the jobs to things I think I could actually be a good fit for which might be one reason the number seems lower to you. After such high rejection I'm pretty sure something is wrong with me. One issue is that I'm consultant and the product is basically only implemented by my company. The thing that I'm the best at is not valuable on the market. I have other general web development skills. One of the products I implement is RoR based. I end up writing a decent amount of ruby/html/css/js widgets that integrate with the product. I'm targeting Front-end Dev and RoR jobs because those are the parts of my day that I actually enjoy. I also target software consulting roles because I have that background. With development jobs I find that I'm not a "real developer". With consulting roles they generally want experience with their specific application or industry. I basically only got my current job because they were looking for warm bodies. I ended up doing great and we got acquired but I'm not thrilled with the new employer. I find it hard to qualify for junior dev roles and if I do it's usually such a drastic pay cut that I can't really consider it. I'm almost to the point that I would be will to take a cut though. I'm probably going to end up stuck where I am until a layoff then forced to take something at lower pay.