Combining your existing competences is definitely the way to go. Like someone posted on HN a while ago (I'm heavily paraphrasing): Being a developer is boring,

Combining your existing competences is definitely the way to go. Like someone posted on HN a while ago (I'm heavily paraphrasing): Being a developer is boring, but being a lawyer/teacher/engineer that knows how to code gives you a superpower. There's room to improve things by coding in every field, so don't get locked in the coding part. Think about what you know and how you can use that to write code that solves real life problems. If you're having a hard time finding jobs, maybe try a hobby project that is somehow related to what you've done in the past. Having "domain knowledge" is crucial for writing software that is actually useful. Like Linus Torvalds said once, "without users, your program is pointless".