Make friends in the industry or working at companies in roles that you want to join. You will have to tap these connections to get interviews and consideration

Make friends in the industry or working at companies in roles that you want to join. You will have to tap these connections to get interviews and consideration for jobs, once you have some education to put on your resume. The industry is not easy to jump into completely cold unless you are a 20 something coming out of college with a bachelors in CS or similar. It's not impossible to get a job, but it's much more difficult to get that initial foot in the door and past the huge machinery of HR resume keyword and experience scanning.