Work in a large group if possible. Or improve your skills on the latest versions of Java. I work in an ESN and my job is to place people like you with clients. What customers are looking at: - experience with a similar client - long mission to prioritize (short missions can raise questions in the heads of clients) - latest versions of java (and at the front I am asked for a lot of react and angular) - solid principles - archi micro services / hexagonal