If your passion is compilers and interpreters, do that and treat your day job as a day job.
Same as if your passion was barbershop quartet or scrapbooking.
I mean sure there are jobs doing each of these things. But they are few and far between and filled based on relationships among professionals. Compiler people hire other compiler people because they prioritize who they team up with.
Three years experience is not thirty years experience and it’s not a PhD, and those signal commitment beyond wanting an interesting day job.
If your passion is compilers and interpreters, do that and treat your day job as a day job.
Same as if your passion was barbershop quartet or scrapbooking.
I mean sure there are jobs doing each of these things. But they are few and far between and filled based on relationships among professionals. Compiler people hire other compiler people because they prioritize who they team up with.
Three years experience is not thirty years experience and it’s not a PhD, and those signal commitment beyond wanting an interesting day job.
Good luck.