One difficulty for new grads is that your CS degree teaches you a skillset that puts you up against an extremely experienced segment of the dev population (Java

One difficulty for new grads is that your CS degree teaches you a skillset that puts you up against an extremely experienced segment of the dev population (Java & C/++ programmers). If you focus on something more modern and nuanced like modern iOS dev or modern frontend dev you are going to be competing with people who can't have more than a few years experience just by default.