Just keep coding. Never stop - because the industry never stops.

Learn a new language or double down on your best one, make yourself more marketable, and just keep progressing.

Source: self taught, successfully employed

Ps: I was working as a bartender during much of this process, just to have money coming in while I searched for a job.

Also, just do random projects as a way to improve, not just generic programming. Make a small website, build a random app, make a video game (I learned the most from making video games - logic, mostly)

Just keep coding. Never stop - because the industry never stops.

Learn a new language or double down on your best one, make yourself more marketable, and just keep progressing.

Source: self taught, successfully employed