To everyone struggling to get hired:
Start your own thing.
Seriously.
Start your own thing.
Seriously.
The best time to start a business was five years ago, the second best time is now.
Most people out there need to put food on the table for their families and make rent next month, and so don't have the above luxuries.
And it’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity for a knowledge worker, imho.
Working on my own (non-monetized, small, used by no-one) stuff has created a string of achievements that created a positive psychological feedback loop during a very dark time.
Additionally, it let me work on things that then let me pivot in a completely different direction compared to what I was doing before and make money this way.
Personal development is good. Even / especially if you need to whore yourself out at the same time.