As a 40yo dev with 10+ years experience, I recently took over a year off to take care of my first child. I only recently landed a job after a 5+ month search.

As a 40yo dev with 10+ years experience, I recently took over a year off to take care of my first child. I only recently landed a job after a 5+ month search. I spent a good amount of time polishing my resume with the help of ChatGPT and preparing for interviews with leetcode and the book Cracking the Coding Interview. There's also a ton of decent content on YouTube. A few channels I'd recommend are, - A Life After Layoff - Hello Interview (for system design) The only way I got my foot in the door was through networking...every other job I applied to through company portals was rejected or no response. There are just too many people applying online. I was super lucky to get a referral through past acquaintances. They even notified me of job openings in their companies! You can't go wrong with reaching out to your network.