I'm in a similar boat (worse actually, since I'm on a visa) so I can't give specific advice, but @patio11 [1] greatly encouraged me to consider freelance/consul

I'm in a similar boat (worse actually, since I'm on a visa) so I can't give specific advice, but @patio11 [1] greatly encouraged me to consider freelance/consulting as a career path. I am going through the grind of prepping for the tech interview all over again, and it just occurred to me that I might be approaching this from the wrong angle. If instead of spending all these hours every day solving leetcode problems or trying to "grok" the system design interview, I spent them networking and building a portfolio, it might result in a much better ROI. But alas, my visa status doesn't allow me to do anything either way. Maybe one day. [1] https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-mckenzie-on-getting-your-first-consulting-client/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick...