I'll give you a 5 minute review if you find my contact information from my profile and send me your resume. I've publicly helped people land all sorts of tech jobs in the last few years.
As for your question, I consider finding a good job without a personal connection to always be a grind. I have about 20 years of engineering experience with trendy buzzwords, high profile gigs and high praise from references.
Yet I still expect to apply to a hundred places and only get a handful of interviews.
Do you want to work at a small company, or a large one?
Do you have a specific kind of technology you’d like to work on?
And do you have a specific kind of company mission you’re seeking?
All of these can be addressed in a good cover letter. And as a hiring manager at a small business, I can tell you that although personal recommendations are great, someone who is clearly passionate about our market and who took the time to learn about our small company is equally interesting at the resume stage.
So… what are the answers to those questions above? Feel free to reach out to me privately if you’d like, too.
Anyway, no pressure to reveal yourself any more than you'd prefer, just my own thoughts.