There is a lot of comments, but no one took a moment to look at your profile and visit your website. Pointed advice, specifically for you. 1. There is no link

There is a lot of comments, but no one took a moment to look at your profile and visit your website. Pointed advice, specifically for you. 1. There is no links to any of your code. If you are actually in front of a computer so much, surely you have somethings you can share. 2. Your writing is pretty good, but you don't write about any tech stuff. Since your writing is good, write about some of your programming projects. 2b. The Linux post for example is pretty bare. You talk about weeks of customization, but you never explain what customizations. Just that everything works now. This is a boring and uninteresting read, and doesn't inform me at all about your ability. 3. The blog also has sone questionable material, which is fine, however the most recent post where you talk about events that lost your job or nearly lost your job are pretty big red flags. 4. I see ~22yrs in the service industry. This is also fine, but all the above is amplified. People are innately more understanding of an 18 year old not having anything to showcase, but someone in their 30s and 40s is less likely to be hired just for their eagerness to learn. As a result, you need to really have some visable passion. 5. All new hires, and especially new juniors, on a team are initially a productive drain on a team. Your teammates spend time and effort bringing you up to speed and mentoring you. There is risk and effort involved for them beyond it just not working out. This makes it tricky for new devs. All of the above is so you have something to prove you are worth the effort.