Long story short, I got a bachelor's in CS roughly 4 years ago, burned out almost immediately upon graduating, settled for doing retail work until Covid came, and then kinda burned out on life in general. Only now have I gotten my life back into a good enough shape where I'd like to actually try to find a programming job, but I have no idea how to even get my foot in the door again after such a long time since my graduation. I've been derusting a lot in the past few months and have a few hobbyist projects under my belt so I'm not totally at square one, but I have no idea how to even start applying again in my circumstances. Does anyone have some advice on where I should even begin/things I should do?
Did you do any internships or work as a programmer? Are you still in touch with former coworkers or anyone from your degree program? Networking sucks but your best bet is prob to leverage any connections you've got and see if they're hiring.
You should also check wherever you got your degree from to see what they have in terms of career resources for alumni, they probably have some services that are vaguely helpful