Self Promotion
Want an opportunity, you have got to let them know what you have done and what your skill will do.
Marketing for a company is the same thing. If they don’t know what you are selling, how can they buy.
Where to start… do something worth promoting.
How to continue…show people the cool shit you have done, and keep doing more cool shit.
Blockers… exaggerating what you have done.
One last note, finding that balancing point between approachable confidence and cringey arrogance is important.