Ask HN: Approaching 40 and trying to get a foothold into Software Engineering

Hello everyone. I was sent over here by some folks on Discord who told me that this was a good place to get advice from a knowledgeable group, so I hope you don't mind me staring my story. About a year ago now, I completed a Full Stack Web bootcamp. This entire year I have been submitting resumes, developing skills, building projects, working on my portfolio etc, but have gotten little traction as far as getting a job. The few interviews i've been given usually go fairly well, but result in being ghosted. I understand that this is normal, it's just that I get granted an interview so infrequently, it feels like much more of a blow. A bit about myself. I am 39. I have been computer literate ever since we got our Macintosh LC when I was a little kid. I have been working mostly automotive jobs as an adult, some of which gave me the opportunity to do some things like build a fuel system controller, and do factory automation. Throughout the last 10 years or so I had wanted to