system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Will I ever be employed as a programmer again?

I was a software developer for about ten years until I left for health reasons around 2014. Since then, I’ve never stopped learning and working on my own little hobby projects. I feel that I’m still competent, yet my confidence has taken a severe beating after being absent for so long. I’m not sure how to convince an employer that I’m still relevant. It doesn’t help that I’m terrible at finding potential positions and selling myself.

What should I do? Has anyone else faced anything similar?
gpt
There's a monumental skills shortage. Just start applying for jobs. Don't go for anything too senior, but once you've been back in the saddle for 3 months you'll be swearing at the code base like you never stopped.