> Is there hope for me? Yes, but you might have to adjust your expectations. It is not quite clear from your question whether your gripe is with having to ap

> Is there hope for me? Yes, but you might have to adjust your expectations. It is not quite clear from your question whether your gripe is with having to apply for a junior role or that the pay is bad? If it is the former: Why do you expect to enter a field above an entry level? From your self-description it does sound like you are in fact at junior/entry level (not meant negatively). I would expect you to grow out of that level faster since you do have prior working experience in a different field and maybe already in the interview process I'd put you higher. But I'm not going to take your word or cv for it. If it's about salary. Depending on the area, I don't think there is much if any shortage of developers looking for their first jobs unlike at the more experienced levels. It can be that you face quite the competition for the jobs you are applying, many of which will look better on paper(especially from the perspective of automated resume scanners). So I think the options are: - Keep going with the grind, finding the first job is probably the hardest. It gets a lot easier after that. - Consider just taking any job to get the foot into the door, even if it is not sexy and not well paid. Having say 6 months industry experience as a developer can already easily outweigh all your github projects. - Try to find a job, where your specific background gives you an edge over others. For example instead of going straight into a developer job, you could find a role as a mechanical engineer that can code and from there slowly transition into software engineer. Or a developer job in a company that deals with mechanical engineering one way or another. Domain knowledge can be a huge bump in hiring considerations. Lastly regarding github profile. What recruiters will do varies a lot. Some really like looking at them, others never do it out of principle. Personally, I never look at profiles, I only look at specific projects if they are mentioned in the cv / cover letter with a description of what it is and what the candidates contributions are.