I have worked with so many "software engineers" who legitimately cannot code at all. You would be surprised. They show up in the morning, accomplish nothing, an

I have worked with so many "software engineers" who legitimately cannot code at all. You would be surprised. They show up in the morning, accomplish nothing, and leave. This goes on for months or years. It is both hilarious and sad. The point here is to please realize that you are likely already way above many professional "software engineers". If they can do it, you absolutely can! My advice is pick some minimal project such as a "TODO list", create it in java/springboot (only because this is quite popular, you can do more interesting/fun things later). Polish your resume, practice leetcode. Then upload your resume to a website like dice.com. You may have to move to find work, but I am confident that you can. Do not be picky, just take a job then evaluate where you're at one year later. This is a passing phase, years from now, you will look back at this as a period of both struggle and personal growth.