The best counter to this is to have groups of people you can show your work off to.
Family? Cool, I guess. It can start there.
Slack? Discord? Yeah, those work I guess. There are some pretty cool niche groups who love to talk code, projects, whatever.
Games? That's where it's at. Social clubs revolve around those and you'd be surprised how many smart & techy people play games. You just gotta get past the barrier of "I don't want to talk about work/personal life/projects etc". You might even find like-minded people wanting to turn what you've got into a business. Or hire you.
Family? Cool, I guess. It can start there.
Slack? Discord? Yeah, those work I guess. There are some pretty cool niche groups who love to talk code, projects, whatever.
Games? That's where it's at. Social clubs revolve around those and you'd be surprised how many smart & techy people play games. You just gotta get past the barrier of "I don't want to talk about work/personal life/projects etc". You might even find like-minded people wanting to turn what you've got into a business. Or hire you.