Hack on an open source project. Get your work out there for people to see and link it on your resume (Direct links to a web-VCS/SCM or something like Ohloh or C

Hack on an open source project. Get your work out there for people to see and link it on your resume (Direct links to a web-VCS/SCM or something like Ohloh or CIA.vc). Employers like seeing things like this, its verifiable that you did what you said you did on your resume. My analysis is that you should probably do this stuff in your spare time while continuing to work your current field as its still lucrative and the economy isn't that great. I'd wait a while before making the transition as it would be advantageous to have some body of work to show for it :).