I got my first "real" full time coding job at the age of 21 (4 years ago). I landed it without any education. Unfortunately, I got crap for pay compared to othe

I got my first "real" full time coding job at the age of 21 (4 years ago). I landed it without any education. Unfortunately, I got crap for pay compared to others...I started at $28,000 a year. The good thing was, I was living with my mom in SC with a very low cost-of-living so it was a lot of money at the time. Enough about me...for you, all I can tell you is how I personally did it. I created a nice portfolio of all the work I had done over the previous years. I then applied to so many jobs that I became a pro at writing resumes and cover letters custom-tailored to the companies I was applying to. The one's that I heard back from were the small companies, with 5 or less employees on average. The company that hired me was 3 people before I got there. Start small.