How, where and by whom to start a career in the IT industry?

Question

Career in IT

I am finishing my second year and the question arises of how and where to get a job? I love C ++, I constantly write some small programs for the first year. From something more or less big, only a game like Crimsonland on SFML, but everything is very bad there (raw pointers, lack of const in principle, shoving vector where list can be dispensed with, etc.), because I wrote it when I knew almost nothing. I read a couple more books on C# and Rust, but I haven't written anything other than "training" programs for less than 100 lines. I am very attracted to work in gamedev, with unity I dabbled a little.
Actually, where can you go to work with so far such a meager set of knowledge and skills? What to write for a portfolio (please do not offer a banal calculator)? Should I go to some free courses, for example, at EPAM?

Answer 1

The main thing is to do what you like. And we will be happy for you. Otherwise, you won't succeed.
With a meager set of knowledge, it is better to go practice for free with a mentor.
When you start writing at least something useful, then you can already work for money

Answer 2

Now the most profitable is to be a cybersportsman, I would choose this direction)

Answer 3

Look for any internship as a sisnik, where they will take you. And then, when you get basic experience and seniority, you can choose the industry and direction of development.

Answer 4

we take and do something similar to what people have already done, only in our own way, this is enough to show that you can write / use the necessary tools as needed, and not stupidly copy-paste. Take something old but interesting as a basis, implement it as best you can and, if you can, better than it was. Here is the project for you.