How do you actually find quality AE roles to apply to?

I've been in sales almost 4 years now, been in SaaS for about 2 years at a small company, and im actively looking but honestly my biggest issue right now is even finding enough actual quality roles to apply to

im looking for smb or commercial ae stuff, preferably at companies that arent a complete shitshow. i want somewhere quota is actually attainable and theres at least some inbound support, not just 100% cold calling all day.

the problem is i can spend like 2-3 hours on linkedin jobs and find maybe 3-5 roles that dont immediately look terrible. everything else is either enterprise roles way above my experience, developer tools where i'd need a technical background i dont have, super early stage startups with no playbook, or just mislabeled sdr roles called "ae"

is this normal? like how many applications should i realistically be doing per week? where else are people finding roles besides linkedin? and how aggressive should i be following up with hiring managers or recruiters after applying?

feel like im missing something in my process here. any advice appreciated