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Ask Slashdot: What To Do Before College?

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 21, 2012 @05:43AM from the buy-a-house-with-the-tuition dept.

First time accepted submitter MtownNaylor writes "I graduated high school two days ago and am currently enrolled to attend college for studying Computer Science. I spent last summer working as a contractor, programming in Java doing work for a single company. I am looking to further either my career, my education, or both this summer. The problem is that I have found it difficult to find summer employment or internships programming for a multitude of reasons (lack of opportunities, lack of experience, lack of degree.) So what is a high school graduate who wants to work as a programmer to do?"

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What to do before college? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-21 05:48 · Score: 5, Funny

two chicks at the same time, dude
Re:Take a break by Hatta · 2012-06-21 05:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Indeed. There's plenty of time to polish up your resume during college. Spend your last free summer buying cigarettes for slutty high school girls. Remember, if she smokes, she pokes.

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Comment removed by account_deleted · 2012-06-21 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny

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Re:Other option by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-21 06:37 · Score: 1, Funny

You suck and you should feel bad. Anyone with decent skills can find work in a few weeks.
Re:Other option by Gilmoure · 2012-06-21 07:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Work on a really cool Sailor Moon or Wonder Woman cosplay outfit. It could come in handy in college.

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Re:Take a break by rachit · 2012-06-21 07:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Indeed. There's plenty of time to polish up your resume during college. Spend your last free summer buying cigarettes for slutty high school girls. Remember, if she smokes, she pokes.
I'm not sure I'd want to be with a girl that "pokes". I guess if that's your kind of thing, go for it.
Re:Be careful about earning money by bughunter · 2012-06-21 11:16 · Score: 3, Funny

So the moral is, if you work, work only for cash. Landscaping, Construction, prostitution, drug dealing, human smuggling, and extortion/kidnapping, those kinds of things. I don't recommend hit jobs. They can be messy and sometimes they stab back.

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