wardy484

https://www.freecodecamp.org/ is pretty good.

there's also https://www.codecademy.com/ https://www.codeschool.com/

if you're interested in PHP then I've not found any better resources than Laracasts: https://www.laracasts.com/

Laravel is doing pretty well if you aren't too put off by PHP.

Surely the problem is that there are more jobs than skilled programmers out there? It's hard to get through the door the first time.

What is your skillset?

What I mean is seek to volunteer work at real companies rather than paying them. You may be learning but it sounds like you have some knowledge so you should still be providing them with some value.

You shouldn't have to pay. Have you tried for volunteering? Perhaps working for free for a short term rather than paying to work? That sounds quite extreme.

Openedge ABL is a niche language.