Last november I was sitting around with time on my hands and decided to update my LinkedIn profile. I wrote a long-form, pseudo-essay resume. A week later I g

Last november I was sitting around with time on my hands and decided to update my LinkedIn profile. I wrote a long-form, pseudo-essay resume. A week later I got a call from a recruiter who hooked me up with one interview. Another week after that I got called by another recruiter who put me in touch with 12 other companies. I got offers from three of them and I think I would have gotten a fourth if I hadn't accepted one of the first three before getting through the second interview. I didn't think that my resume was all that special having worked for DC area government contractors my whole career, but everyone was super excited to talk to me and I went to second or third interviews for 11 of the 13 places I spoke with. So...update your LinkedIn profile and give a lot of data. Get a github account (honestly, I had basically nothing there and still don't, but it's a good thing to be able to point too), and try and get active in some local development groups/message boards/newsgroups. Good luck!