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Ask Slashdot: What To Do Before College?

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Other option by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have a UID. I still post anonymously at least 50% of the time. Why? Because I'm funny as hell (and moderated the same way *most* of the time) but lots of people can't (or understand) take a joke. Sometimes I have unpopular insights (which are moderated both troll and insightful). Sometimes I want to share personal information for YOUR benefit but don't want it linked back to me because of its personal nature. Sometimes I just enjoy playing devil's advocate.

    There are lots of reasons to post anonymously. Laziness is just one of them (but also perfectly valid). The AC hate here is new and I don't really get it. Our pseudonymous UIDs are only marginally less anonymous than posting as AC.

    Yes, GP is an jerk. But he'd still be an jerk if logged in, right? And if he didn't want to be caught being an jerk, he could always register a few UIDs on a regular basis and use one of those to be an jerk.