Experience paradox

Question

Without experience we cannot find job, without job we cannot gain experience.
How do you solve the problem, my friend?

Answer 1

Step back from the problem a little bit. Because you're asking this question, you are probably in a society that grooms people -- through a school education -- to understand a certain business-compatible way of planning and completing projects, because the majority of people in these companies also do things that way.

Entries into this part of society usually consist of internships and "entry level" positions, assuming you've gone through the requisite education. Side doors include very good networking skills (you know someone or you have a mutual friend who can attest that you're good), public-benefit projects that can attest for you (like github contributions), or anything else that basically shows you're interested in what you're applying for and a good member of society. And, although it's illegal in many countries to discriminate this way, it will also help if you're young, because it probably means you're less complicated.

Startups (even brand-new business arms inside big companies, where the structure isn't set up yet) may follow different rules.

Answer 2

Get a low level job you don't need experience for, but you will get it there.

Answer 3

Dmitry

If what you state is really true where you are, maybe move to a place where that's not true.

Otherwise, I think these are just limiting thoughts. Out of all of the things you've done in life, just label more of them as experience. It's more about how you tell the story of what you've done and how it relates. Write well, apply often, and interview well. There is no paradox.