Github, contribute to projects or find something interesting and launch a project. De-emphasis the education if you feel it's a disadvantage, stick it near the

Github, contribute to projects or find something interesting and launch a project. De-emphasis the education if you feel it's a disadvantage, stick it near the bottom of your CV, if you dont want to look like a post-academia liability (as you put it) then center your CV around experience so you fit the experience hire category rather than intern. You are not fucked..