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like it or not Linkedin unfortunately. Prior to what I do now I was just a regular consultant dev and decided to pivot to essentially being a sort of "digital janitor". I had an existing client base but those clients were smart enough to not even bother with leveraging LLMs for their work, they already had a solid team of developers. Some work I got via client referrals but most was honestly just posting comments/small blogs on Linkedin and arguing with tech bros. Tech Bro posts their usual BS AI slop, I'd reply saying how idiotic and wrong they were, other companies took notice and figured "ok we're in a bind, this guy seems to know what he's talking about, lets get on a call with him"
Remember most of these AI tech bros are out of work middle management wannabes so get in their threads and call them out. Many small dev houses and startups are currently trying to snuff out LLM fires but are afraid to admit they fucked up due to investors, clients, and what have you so they're not going to out right post jobs stating they need help with it. you have to let them know you're out there. Post on linkedin, cold email places, etc. Also highlight the fact you do code review on your resume. This is one skillset that is massively in demand right now because of LLMs. Not everyone can do it and do it well but it's something that isn't that difficult to get good at. You pretty much have to be willing to become a freelancer/consultant and take on several clients at once and then build your reputation. After awhile if you're good at it you won't need to advertise your services anymore as word will spread and clients will be beating down your door hoping you can save them. I've been booked solid for almost the past year. And it's not hard work at all either, dare I say doing what I do now is 10x easier than just doing regular dev work because the vast majority of issues are all the same. Client leverages AI for an end to end build, it doesn't scale, way too many exploits, a series of #TODOS that the LLM claimed were complete but weren't even started and the "vibe coder" behind it all didn't know any better. it's the same song and dance with each company. You'll eventually end up doing maybe 3 to 4 hours of work a day just reviewing code and writing reports and then fuck off and play a videogame or something.
Yeah it makes sense they wouldn't want to admit making a mess with AI, I've never worked as a independent contractor before and I avoid linkedin like a plague, but I might need to start working on that going forward