1. Advertise your phone number and your email everywhere you can.  You&#x27;ll get a lot of recruiters - really.<p>1a. Write a few small technical articles on some specific thing you know a lot about. (this is totally just a ripped patio11 recommendation)<p>2. There&#x27;s this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10152809" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10152809</a> which I made a script for, and a number of people ran with (like <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hnwhoshiring.herokuapp.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hnwhoshiring.herokuapp.com&#x2F;</a>)<p>3. Lots of people recommend <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;angel.co&#x2F;jobs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;angel.co&#x2F;jobs</a> ... you can probably hit up a few dozen companies a day; it&#x27;s ok, the worst they can do is ignore you.  There&#x27;s also <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;crowdfunder.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;crowdfunder.com&#x2F;</a> --- look at the companies that were financed recently - they will definitely be in a hiring mood.<p>4. Try going to company-you-want-to-work-for.com&#x2F;(jobs|careers) ... really. Send an introductory email and if you don&#x27;t get a response, respond to your own email. Do it every 2 days or so until you get a response.<p>If this doesn&#x27;t exist, then look at &#x2F;sitemap.xml or the whois record and email that person. Also, typing in the company name followed by &quot;HR&quot; and &quot;linkedin&quot; can usually get you a name that you can find a personal email address to.  Just hit them up during business hours and explain how you got the email.  It&#x27;s fine.<p>If they don&#x27;t respond, change the subject line to &quot;[follow up #2]&quot; and then &quot;[follow up #6]&quot; etc ... stop when you get a &quot;no&quot;.  You may actually get a &quot;let&#x27;s set up a call&quot;.  This does work, I&#x27;ve done it - and gotten the gig.<p>Oftentimes the people who are hiring have a lot of things on their plate.  Sometimes you need to nag them to make your candidacy more of a priority.<p>5. Go to meetup.com --- find the tech-centric meetups with the most attendants and go to those.  Arrive early and talk to anyone you can.  Don&#x27;t be ashamed to say &quot;I&#x27;m looking for work.&quot; or &quot;I just want to build things and get paid.&quot; along with &quot;A regular job would be great right now.&quot; ... straight-forward, non-bullshit honesty goes a long way.<p>6. Don&#x27;t dismiss craigslist.  There&#x27;s lots of ok short-term gigs at below-industry, but not-to-terrible pay.  I also got a 120k&#x2F;yr job through craigslist.<p>7. Use all the above methods in tandem.  They all work together.  Find out who the decision makers are, where they go, get to know them ...<p>If you make getting a job your full-time job it will come faster than you think.