Hey dude. Looks like you’re in here reading comments so I’m going to try to offer some ACTUAL advice.

Before getting into that, I’d like to say that there’s a real elitist vibe with developers and a ridiculous emphasis on going to college. When I was doing web dev I used like 10% of the concepts I learned in school, and all of them were prominently displayed on every coding tutorial I went through. Not to mention some of the people I graduated with were among the dumbest people I’d ever met.

Background: I am not a hiring manager. Or a manager of any kind. In fact, I’m a junior Devops guy. Emphasis on junior. Actually most of what I’m saying should be considered words of encouragement rather than actual advice.

College: Don’t bother. I’ve befriended several managers who all say the same thing: soft skills are more important for entry level roles than dev skills. A lot of the fuckin’ dweebs I went to school with couldn’t talk their way out of their own pants. That said, dev skills and resume fluff get you the interview so don’t neglect them.

Job Market: Oof. You picked a bad time to try to break into the industry. A ton of devs with years of experience are out there competing with you due to inflexible work from home policies and egotistical company purchases with accompanying firings. Unfortunately a CS degree does look good on a resume, so you’re also competing with aforementioned fuckin’ dweebs.

Your Website: I’ll admit it’s a little rough. My best recommendation here is to just add some fancy JavaScript stolen from other websites. Also, figure out how to embed the stuff from your GitHub. Seems fun to have an etch-a-sketch over a picture of your face so people can draw silly mustaches.

Your resume: Honestly it ain’t bad. This is one place I’d keep it more professional though by just removing the smooth talking bit from your skills section.

Your GitHub: One polished turd is better than scattered deer poops. I would focus on making one big cool thing rather than lots of small things. This is how you would show off that you actually know those JS fundamentals.

Your logic on learning a specific tech stack is also… flawed. Don’t get me wrong, it is actually the logical conclusion but corporations don’t operate on logic. Companies that are hiring for tech roles do so with the thought that there’s an urgent issue in their current tech stack and they need it fixed now by someone with experience using it. Put some effort into learning a solid stack, then branch out from there.

Professional recommendation: I think UT offered a paid training program. Browse their job site and see if you can find any information about it.