I initially broke into the field having done some freelance work for some people when I was lucky enough to have connections to help funnel in work. A little em

I initially broke into the field having done some freelance work for some people when I was lucky enough to have connections to help funnel in work. A little embellishment + application spam got me into the industry, though it didn’t set me up for success. The first few years of my career were stuck in subpar jobs and to an extent that’s a legacy that still follows me. If I had to go back, and had the time/money, I think I would take some time to get involved in opens source and try to build up at least a bit of reputation in some project. That’s about the closest thing to experience I can think of and I’ve actually still consider doing that a few times to break into new domains. Ofc that’s a lot of involved.