I have a weird situation and if you don't mind, I would like to ask for your advice.

I'm having hard time getting hired, both onsite and remotely.

To be honest with you, I really suck at marketing myself.

I'm a Computer Scientist and I had worked in IT for 11 years and currently I'm unemployed for 3.

So far I have been in Tech Support my whole career life with an exception of 2 years as Web Developer.

Every time I would attempt to start as a developer, I would get either rejected or labeled as overqualified.

One possible interpretation could be my age; I'm 36 years old.

What confuses me the most is that when I interview for an opened position, they would let know that I'm a senior developer on a personal level.

To answer your possible question as of why they would reply in this way, let me tell you what (I think) I know and what I like doing during my free time:

Others enjoy solving crossword puzzles and sudoku, playing MMORPG games, and go out for a beer; I love playing with programming languages, libraries, and frameworks.

What languages do I like fooling around?

  * shell scripting - automations, automations, automations!
  * C - One day I will acquire Fabrice Bellard's 1 millionth of expertise and start doing incredible things like him. I'm looking at you Tiny C Compiler!
  * C++ - I can't wait to see modules in actual use with C++ in combination with Concepts. It's a hard language to fully understand, but it worths the effort.
  * PHP - For WordPress, its fork [ClassicPress], and Laravel. I did not like Laravel for some reason; it's alright though, but I prefer Django and Flask.
  * Python - Cython language, Django, Flask, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, web scraping...so many things to list here that I find interesting!
  * Perl - don't ask me why, but I LOVE this language's syntax. I don't use it that much though, but one day I will build a project to keep my head spinning.
  * Nim - If you like Python's elegance, LISP's macros, and C's performance...well, there you have it!
  * Lua - I haven't played a lot with this language, but it's so easy to use. I keep my eyes on Titan and Pallene programming languages which are AOT compiled sister languages to Lua.
  * Ocaml - I want to learn a functional programming language to keep my head active. I plan to play with Haskell too for the sake of mental "physique".

What I lack is specialization and I'm doing my best to remedy this.

I can't stay unemployed forever and be forced to depend on my family at this age.

Can anyone help me figure out ways to stand on my feet?

Cheers.