Nailing job interviews and having the technical skills to do the job require completely different skillsets. If you start interviewing with companies, expect t

Nailing job interviews and having the technical skills to do the job require completely different skillsets. If you start interviewing with companies, expect to fail, and fail a lot. Learning mannerisms of people and how to get along with them, is a practiced skill - and I would argue it is equally, if not more important than the technical skills required. If you haven't experienced this process, it is going to feel very rough starting out. It's even tougher if you can't line up interviews quickly. There are a lot of remote opportunities (even posted on here, monthly) that I suggest applying to. And apply to them often. As in, aim to have multiple interviews per week. Many of them won't even respond. Some might, and some might turn into actual interviews. Interviews you will fail at ;) BUT, once you fail at several of them, you won't be nervous any more. Each one won't feel like a big deal because: "Hey, I have another interview tomorrow, and another one next week". This is the mindset you want to reach. Once you get to this magical "eh, it's not a big deal" state of mind, your interviews will go much more smoothly and you'll be confident talking to new people. You'll be able to answer questions easily, and comfortably say things like "I don't know" without worrying that you'll sound dumb. Because "not knowing" isn't "dumb". It's just..."not knowing", and you know you can find the answer if you need to. It's a tough process to get started with, but if you stick with it, it eventually pans out, and you learn a lot of social skills along the way. Also, IQ tests don't mean anything... They are just random questions that random people put together based on things they think are important to know. They say nothing about your own intelligence or capacity to learn. If I asked you who invented the first pair of tennis shoes and you didn't know the answer to that, would you feel dumb? I don't even know this, and I'm asking it... But more importantly, would you know how to find the answer to that question if you were asked - like say...by Googling it?