How Would One Start A Career In The Gaming Industry?

Bullschmidt asks: "I'm currently a second semester senior at MIT. I will be graduating this term, and I'm looking to get into the gaming/computer graphics industry. I will admit that I have little experience with the gaming industry. I have done some 3D programming for NASA, as well as some for a small computer graphics company. I have taken the only graphics class at MIT, too. So how do I, a soon to be graduate from a high level school, get into the gaming industry, which typically requires 2-3 years experience for almost any job?"