Advice for Less Experienced Software Engineers in the Current Tech Market

- Consider joining a support group (@sns_newgrad, @sns_internships or CS Career Hub, for example)

- Apply to as many companies as possible, including 'unsexy' ones (big tech companies may receive thousands of applications to entry-level positions). Find companies, which do not spend their money on advertising their open roles on LinkedIn. Use platforms like https://www.indeed.com/

- Tailor your resume to each position

- Build your experience while you are job hunting — the one who spends time applying, but also built a side project, contributed to an open-source is more likely to be hired than the one who spends 12 months applying nonstop

- Contribute to open source in non-trivial ways. Contribute to production-grade projects, so you can stand out. You can find something here: click

- It's more important that you get started over getting a perfect start. So if you only have one offer: take it.

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/advice-for-junior-software-engineers/