Depending on what you can code you still have options! Make sure you have a small portfolio available before you try any of these. - 1. Make your own business

Depending on what you can code you still have options! Make sure you have a small portfolio available before you try any of these. - 1. Make your own business (web dev contracting is your best bet). Go to friends and family or small businesses in town and ask if they need help with their web presence. Offer to work per project - say $100 - $200 for small projects. There is very high upside to this if you stick at it. - 2. Email local professors and ask if they need programming help. Many university research projects have funding and need to hire a code monkey or two (no offense). I'm a part time graduate student and my university sends out lots of requests like these. You can also check with the university career center to see if such an opportunity is open. - 3. Upwork - you can do contracting on these sites. Start small, build your presence. In every case, it's about slowly building your credibility, skills, and pool of connections. Graduating from university gives you a big jump start in all of these areas, but the 'game' remains the same.