It is very frustrating when you know the basics of your stacks but can't land a job or even be given a chance to join a team as an intern. After lots of years of experience in software development, learned that a lot of programmers don't get to that dream height because of their lack of active participation in their chosen stack.
A good way to tackle this is to keep an active participation in open-source projects. Yes, I understand that it can be discouraging to contribute to something and not get paid for it but that is the sacrifice you have to make as a software developer this is not something you have to spend hours on every day. Three hours or less daily is enough to grow your experience over time.
As we all know, the best way to grow is by working on a real project, but the challenge is that nobody wants a noob in their real project. I want to keep building simple projects that will give you the same level of experience as an industry professional. Yes, simple projects that touch almost everything that you will see when working on big projects.
How do you get started building your experience and staying active in them?
Throughout 2024, I am going to be starting industry-standard open-source projects on GitHub and making room for entry-level developers to come in, practice their skills, and grow on their experience.

Starting with A Weather App: This a simple project but upon completion, the contributors will gain experience in API integrations, experience in working with a team, and experience in the use of GitHub and basic Git operations. This is in addition to the development of their coding skills and active participation.

Hello, Software Engineers on X (formerly Twitter).

Let us keep an active coding skill. Contribute to this open source Weather App. I have started with the HTML, who will do the CSS? Who will do the JS?https://t.co/lsTdV7k9U7
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Let's go!

— South-East General (@upgrade1010) January 8, 2024