Pro tip: Stop telling everyone to 'just network.' I watched 3 people do it wrong for 4 months straight.
Everyone says send cold LinkedIn messages to strangers. I watched my buddy Dave do that for 4 months from his apartment in Austin, and he got maybe 2 replies out of 60. Then he switched to just asking 3 former coworkers from his old job at Dell for 15 minute chats, and within 6 weeks he had 2 real interviews. The difference was that those people already knew his work and could vouch for him. So why do career coaches keep pushing the cold outreach thing like it's the only way?