So the current Who is Hiring thread sitting at the top of HN seems to corroborate an observation I've made over months of job hunting, including before the pandemic.<p>No one in SoCal is hiring entry level.<p>So figured I'd ask: if you live in a tech hub like Los Angeles (or Denver, etc.) and have tech product/marketing/coding skills and experience, but only to the extent of qualifying for junior positions, is the job hunting process hopeless?<p>Or are all the non-senior roles hidden away somewhere?<p>To put it another way, assuming no network, personal connections, nepotism, or any other typical hiring workarounds, is it realistic to get an entry level job through online applications?