Hugh

I was unemployed for over a year. Recently got a job in SWE. I regret it. Waste of my life. It’s worthless work, I don’t do anything that matters to anyone but shareholders. Contemplating quitting during my probation period and learning a trade (it would be a no brainer if 10 years as an SWE at a desk for 16 hours a day hadn’t physically destroyed my body) or getting more involved in political activism.

In your situation, if you insist you want to get into tech, I would recommend applying to jobs that closely match your skillset and then spend some extra curricular time making friends with the in house programmers, finding ways to collaborate, and showing that having you spend time with them is valuable.

Never underestimate the sycophantic idiocy of individual tech workers. One developer does not make a corporate policy. I’m not defending Plex though, if I used them I’d switch away.