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Sam Khan

I wrote a post about this that may be of help. It wasn't written specifically with bootcamp graduates in mind but software developers in general (whether they were fresh grads, or still studying or in the first few months of their first job).

dev.to/samkhan27/advice-to-junior-...

It's unfortunate that you are having to job hunt in this pandemic economy. However things might not be as bad as you think, it is possible that a lot of developers who have a stable job right now wont be willing to jump ship and as a result the industry will look to graduates more. Right now it's still too early to tell how things are going to turn out.

My overall advice (outside of what I talk about in that article) is that be patient and continue to focus on your learning, without exhausting yourself of course. Things take time to build. that applies to software, your career and your expertise.

You will start getting called for interviews once things settle down a little and if you have spent that time learning coding topics focusing in depth rather than breadth, you will do just fine in those interviews. Good luck!