Is it possible to get a linguistic (NLP) job with a physics master degree?

I'm considering a change of career from physics to NLP, and have been teaching myself some basic stuff in linguistics and ML by taking online courses etc.. but don't have anything in this field to show on my resume. Any advice on how to improve my chance of getting hired in this field with a pretty much blank resume as a physics master (need H1b sponsorship unfortunately) ? I'm thinking maybe I can code up a project and post it …

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