i got lucky through connections i made on nostr
it's not as hard if you can deal with working for shitcoin projects but i did 6 months of that and those bitches are crazy cult organisations more than software dev shops, at least the two i encountered
the state of linkedin these days is pretty friggin bizarre too, i wouldn't know how you find a gig - i'm kinda glad i got one and things are well with it
probably it will get easier in the next 6 months as bitcoin pumps and that flows into all the crypto VC buckets