>I predict that the file explorer specifically will be completely replaced
This is probably the best way back in. Employers are less fussy if it looks like you can solve their immediate problem and once you have proved your worth they will probably offer a full time job anyway.
The context is worse than that single comment. It's a "tear you down to bring you up" entire comment. Hurtful to someone we can only assume is genuinely seeking out help.
Yeah, the poster is not engaging with how the recruiting pipeline really works.
Concretely, to get back into the top of the funnel, you should pay for a compsci masters program at a respectable university. This is a good career reset opportunity and will nullify the need to investigate your past.
Another commenter mentioned leetcoding, which is essential.
It's really concerning you're focusing on remote work. If anything in-office work is super uncompetitive right now, which you can always turn into whatever arrangement you want. Don't start off by talking about stuff that makes people say, "fuck this guy."
But I'd start by saying OP is fucked
It's a good market so you'll find something
Eventually
You're obviously smart because you could chill for a few years
(Or you got an inheritance)
The general genre of reading you are looking for is "why entrepreneurs can't get hired" -- something like that.
I would be honest-ish about the money
You, like 99% of people with 9 to 5s, need a job because you need money and/or healthcare
That is impolite to talk about often but it could actually work
There is a bit more honesty going on right now because of pandemic trauma
I'd look to pick up a contract by answering some of the 8 trillion spam emails you're getting
Perm jobs are going to be like fuck this guy
Imo