Getting a job is horrible in the US these days.. ML its not you. Its a number of factors that while each very small have compounded together and really upset the job workforce in the US. When our government states we have 10% unemployment, they really mean 30%..
When I was younger, IT was the "it" field to be in. A few years of experience and a A+ cert and you were on your way to 40k a year job. If you had 2 year IT degree and A+, 60k. 4year and no A+ you was 75k or higher.
Then there is now. 4-5 years experience, A+, Linux+, Network+, CCNA and 4 year degree gets you a 30k if your LUCKY..
I got sick of doing the high end engineering work that one would normally get paid 60k for and only getting 25k a year.. I straight up said to **** with it, my military pension paid me more a month then I made working.. I retired at 35 and moved to the Philippines..