What practical recommendations can there be for moving a developer to a permanent job from the region to Moscow?

Question

Programming

For quite a long time now, the thought has not left that the pace of my professional development leaves much to be desired. It seems that I graduated from the institute with a red diploma, and I have been working for the 2nd year. Maybe this is maximalism, but I'm used to achieving success in what I do and therefore I don't want to be a formal programmer. Gaining experience is problematic, because when programming in an OO language, you see procedural code around. And what is not in demand - in a natural way, usually gets out of my head. Self-education is, of course, interesting and exciting, a lot of professional literature has been read, a lot of new things have been discovered, projects have been downloaded from github with code analysis, but from experience I know that for me this is only a maximum of a third of the possible growth rate. If you combine the craving for self-education with communication in a team of experienced programmers (yes, at least one), then the rate will increase multiplicatively. Finding a really experienced mentor who is ready to spend even a couple of hours a week on a stranger is on the verge of luck. In this regard, I set myself a goal - moving to a city with a need for IT (not 1C and PHP), and as a result, the choice fell on Moscow.
The only problem is that I still live with my parents, I have never flown anywhere, I have no relatives and friends. Yes, I understand that this is somewhat wrong, so it’s also a passing goal - to finally go free swimming. In this regard, practical recommendations are needed on what you need to know in advance in order to form a plan of specific actions, and not fly for good luck in the spirit of "we'll figure it out on the spot" (although this, of course, cannot be avoided either). These are questions about how best to move around the city from the airport (Sheremetyevo, the most confusing airport has been heard), about how you can agree in advance on renting an apartment (for a short period of time), where is the best place to buy food and other little things that you probably encounter everyone moving, and here also not experienced in this matter.
The first goal this year is a test flight with a visit to DevCon, to see the city, to test the waters, to go to interviews.
Not freelancing because (we are talking about C#, mainly in the asp mvc direction):
1. A remote employee in a team is 99% already an expert in his field
2. I like communication in a team when you can discuss, learn, help others and etc.
Thanks to everyone who responds with understanding and advises something.

Answer 1

we make resumes, post them on sites like hh / job.ru We send
resumes for various vacancies
We look at how they react, if they are active and call for interviews, then everything is good
We buy a ticket, fly / go to Moscow. We better settle in a hostel for a start, or if we have confidence and finances, we
rent an apartment right away, but it’s better to wait for work anyway, then you don’t have to go to the office for 2 hours
enjoy life)
PS based on personal experience

Answer 2

To begin with, it is worth trying to live without parents in your city in order to adapt at least a little to a non-greenhouse life.
Although there is an opinion that it is better to immediately jump into the whirlpool: buy a ticket for tonight, rent an apartment (it can take up to a week, so you will have to take care of temporary housing) and start looking for a job on hh according to your profile.

Answer 3

Ha. Did it a hundred times.
It is best to interview in advance via Skype. If successful, discuss the terms of arrival and conditions for employment.
If there is an accumulated amount, we go, rent a room or fit into a cheap hostel (there is one for 8,000 rubles a month, the conditions, of course, are not so hot, but taking into account the fact that you will only need to sleep and wash there, that’s it).
We work, study, try to squeeze the maximum out of our situation, periodically "jump" up the career ladder higher and higher, sometimes even by moving to other, warmer places.
We stay or move to St. Petersburg for similar or better conditions and already enjoy life there.
PROFIT!