I cannot find a job because I don't have experience and I cannot get experience because I don't have a job.

-- Ancient Chinese Proverb

Ah the Great Dao of Catches, #22

The first few jobs can be incredibly difficult. I remember my time as a junior dev working on shit shops: doing IT/dev work for a debt collection center was one. I did that, .NET development and a help desk position before I got my first senior role .. working in Health Insurance (bleh .. but they paid well).

I highly suggest once you get some base experience, try to get out to the West coast (California/Seattle). The cost of living is high, but the salary is high and you have the chance at working with some of the best in the industry. Give it at least two years, and if you hate it, you can always return home with some really good experience.

Also once you get some experience: Holiday Work Visas. You can work and live in Australia, New Zealand and other places for a full year if you're under 30. I did AU and NZ and it was an amazing experience.

@CoffeeNcode Nope, did not. I meant to add in a "If you're American" in there. :-P A lot of other countries do have holiday work visa agreements. But it's typically between European/Oceania nations.

Yea, visa programs are tougher for Indians for sure. My own parents immigrated to the US from India long before I was born. There are so many devs in Mimbai you pretty much gotta be near the top of the game, or work with a company with foreign offices, to get an opportunity to work elsewhere.

Maybe you can try to build up experience with own projects or open source projects in the meantime.

Ancient Chinese proverb.

When asked for minimum experience for job, just lie.