[AceLewis]

Just to add for anyone reading this thread and aspiring to be a dev and being demotivated this is not the experience I witness (in the Netherlands). There are jobs for junior devs. One of the problem might be not wanting to advertise to hire very junior devs as I have seen people apply at the company I work for that have just completed a bootcamp or udemy course and nothing else and think they are qualified. If you advertise hiring at a low level you will get lots of spammy applications.

(I understand why these people are taking the shotgun approach and applying everywhere because some company will bite but it can be annoying on the receiving end)

My company is hiring junior devs all the time.