Do you have anything to show for the 7 years? Open source contributions or the like? If so, I would just put that up on the resume. If you have nothing to show

Do you have anything to show for the 7 years? Open source contributions or the like? If so, I would just put that up on the resume. If you have nothing to show and simply want to restart your career, I would do it this way: a) narrow down a bunch of technologies you want to work on. b) now narrow down on a bunch of companies as well. c) look for opensource things around the above two. d) make contributions on the above. this can either be in the for of code, answering things actively on irc, being active on mailing lists etc. show people you are knowledgeable. Once you spent a couple of months on the above cycle, you should be able to generate enough stuff to put on your resume.