Without knowing your skills, interests, or background, any advice is going to be very generic. 1. Attend, and present at, local meetup / groups. 2. Find a "bu

Without knowing your skills, interests, or background, any advice is going to be very generic. 1. Attend, and present at, local meetup / groups. 2. Find a "buddy" and collaborate on side projects. Keep them open source, and publicly visible, on both your github accounts 3. Contribute to open source projects 4. Blog about your adventures in ( tech or sector specific task ) 5. Apply to consulting companies (they are usually hanging around the local meetup groups) 6. Attend sector specific or technology specific conferences 7. Work Pro bono (as long as you can show the result to others) Most of this has more to do with building a portfolio, and a personal brand, than actually finding a job. But, that part usually pays off like investing.