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Here’s a tip I heard from PirateSoftware, a famous game dev/streamer: usually personal projects can count as some form of experience and give you an advantage. If you want to get into a programming job, program some projects and add them to your resume. If you’re an artist, make an art portfolio with your process, time estimates for pieces, and the pieces themselves. If you want to be a designer, do the same but with mock branding projects. Apply this to your chosen field and see if this helps. Bonus points if the projects are relevant to what the employer wants (like a mock design for a transport company if you’re applying to be a designer at one).

Also, bonus tip: if you wanna make money from being an indie dev or freelance artist, get any job that pays okay and do your passion on the side until it can be your full-time job. Don’t make yourself destitute for your passion.

ENTRY LEVEL MEANS NO EXPERIENCE. IT MEANS NO PORTFOLIO OF RELEVANT SAMPLES. ENTRY LEVEL IS ENTRY LEVEL