Hi everyone,

I've dealt with a period of depression/self-doubt, but I've been able to pull myself mostly out of it. I feel like I've made a lot of progress, but I still need to get a job or get on the path for graduate school.

I have two bachelors degrees (physics and economics, ok grades), and 2 years of work experience in the electronics industry. That job was unfulfilling in a number of ways, and I ended up leaving. I've been unemployed for almost 2 years.

The first 6 months I spent traveling, but once I got home I had a quarter-life crisis. Since then I've been tutoring statistics, getting healthy, taking classes, teaching myself computer science, and doing some stand up comedy.

Recently I've finished some programming projects and uploaded them to github. They're nothing special, but they show that I have some level of competency. I feel like I have a ton more to learn, but I also feel like I need a real job fairly quick.

Ideally I'd like to work as a data scientist or a developer/engineer of some kind. I want a job were I have to learn and master a technology stack, that way I can build skills for future positions. I'm just unsure how to get started, and how to clear the hurdle of the extended gap in my resume.

I'm willing to go to grad school, but I need letters of recommendation and I'm not sure how to get them. A development bootcamp is also a possibility but I'd prefer to get a degree because I feel like it's a more reliable investment.

If you have any advice on what I should be focusing on next, please let me know. Here's what I'd like to accomplish:

• get a part time job or internship that forces me to have a regular schedule
• build references for grad school or better positions
• break out of my rut