Perseverance can help, but what you say doesn’t discredit what I’m pointing out - that you just might not have Lady Luck on your side. Again, anecdotal data. I

Perseverance can help, but what you say doesn’t discredit what I’m pointing out - that you just might not have Lady Luck on your side. Again, anecdotal data. I did keep trying at other big tech companies. I did get a good job where I was hoping to save money, build a career, etc. Exactly as OP planned. You know what happened? COVID-19 led to mass layoffs less than a year after I got hired. Now I’m back to square one. I’ve barely recovered the savings I spent moving, which as others have already pointed out, is a prerequisite to OP’s advice. Sometimes luck simply isn’t on your side. To say that all it takes is intelligence and hard work is simply not true.