I thought Getting into Web3 would be a piece of Cake

I was always fascinated by Blockchain Tech and seeing the innovation and advancement of this sector in past couple of years really motivated me to become part of this space. Since I knew basic HTML, CSS and Javascript I decided to get into this space as a developer.

Now the fun part begins! I started taking tutorials and watched videos online and learned to write simple smart contracts in solidity. I was so arrogant that I thought i would break into this space with the skill of writing a simple smart contract so i started applying like crazy (Without any portfolio to show for). I didn't get any single interview. I realized that I had to up my skill.

After that i learned a little bit more I created 2 simple projects without frontend: A lottery Smart contract and a ToDo Smart contract and uploaded it to my recently made github profile. I remember I was so confident of getting a job after creating those 2 simple projects. I applied again like crazy and same result ! No interview.

I then decided to up my frontend skill. I started learning React from Scrimba. After becoming comfortable creating simple frontends with react I decided to connect my smart contract projects to my frontends. Now I had 2 fully functional DApps to show for. I thought I had basic skill in Solidity, Hardhat, ethers.js and React and now I was fully confident that company would hire me for a junior developer role or for an internship. I applied, I applied and I applied but with the same result, No Interview calls!

I now realize that even for junior roles the skill required to get into this space is much higher than what i initially thought. And now i am in a dilemma to whether continue my learning or to quit my ambition of getting hired in the space. Because even when the market was booming i didn't get a single interview and now when the market is down even the best of the best are getting unemployed.

Currently my view of getting a job in web3 space has completely changed. At the beginning I thought it would be a piece of cake and now I think i couldn't be any further from getting a job in web3.

I would appreciate If anyone here could suggest me looking at my current skill level as mentioned above weather i have chance breaking into this space (internship or junior dev roles) with another few months of learning (what should i learn further to up my skill?) or should I leave hope getting into this space altogether.

Sorry for my poor english!