[jeremyjh]

Honestly forget Rentacoder you won't make any real money at it and the projects are all mostly junk software anyway. Also its hard to get started there without already having reputation. Much better to work on your own side project - either open source or your own business. Even if your project never makes money you've at least got something you are more passionate about and to talk about in your interviews other than cleaning houses.

edit to add: one more idea maybe take some free online classes like from Uber or Coursera? I think this is a great idea for anyone actually I just started the Coursera Scala class myself and having more fun programming than I had in a long time. This is not so much for resume builder as it is more to clear out the cobwebs and get you thinking like a programmer again.