Internship

Okay /prog/, I come to you with a query

I am a sophomore in high school who knows a lot of java, some C++, some HTML, knows most OS filesystems pretty well, knows networking pretty well, and has run through multiple Linux installations, etc, etc.  I want a summer internship somewhere cool.  I live in NJ, but Microsoft's High School internship program caught my eye.  However, it is "only" for those in a puget sound high school.  I can live in seattle and travel to their HQ on a daily basis over the summer if I am accepted, but I'm curious as to whether or not they will even accept my application, as I do not live in puget sound.  Any thoughts or other suggestions?

>>1
Can't hurt to try.

Get a paper route

>>3
Why would he want to do that? Paper routes make money.

>>3
I lol'd at this.

>>4
And then I lol'd at this.

Here in England we call it "paper round". Also, we pronounce "route" differently. We also have bad teeth.

>>1
If you're serious about it, suggestion for getting a programming related internship: Write a program and release it. It doesn't matter if it's original, useful, or terribly advanced-- just write something that's, say, 1500-2500 lines and post it on a web site/sourceforge/etc. Try writing a small game, or an interpreter for BASIC.

If you do this, you'll be miles ahead of most college graduates with CS degrees.

>>8
You mean like finishing the Anoncoreutils?

Oh wait, he can't prove he wrote it.

>>8
He's run through a couple Linux installations - I think he's totally ready to write a program that exceeds 1,000 lines.

>>10
And you've probably never written anything beyond hello world in your entire life, and probably never will.

javascript:alert("Hello I'm an EXPERT PROGRAMMER")

>>11
And your a moron.

I was writing enterprise-grade compilers when I was 6

I wrote GCC in my mother's cunt.

>>1
I agree with the people that aren't acting like 4 year-olds. You should give it a try, can't hurt anything. And if you get in, winrar is you automatically. So go for it!

>>16
DONT HELP HIM

>>1
I got an internship at the FAA at your age, with less qualifications than you say you have; I would recommend looking into them, and seeing what you can do.

less qualifications
Did you mean: fewer qualifications

<-- check em dubz

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