While I was finishing off my Undergrad Computer science degree, I was working as well doing ASP and ColdFusion work. Then I took a course here - ( Computer Science 550 )
Which blew my mind. I ended up doing well enough to be offered a job with the Comp. Sci Department - and have been here for a year now.
Working here is incredible - So many OS's, so much freedom to experiment and learn - and the beauty is that if you screw up, for the most part, the company will not lose money. To boot, It's a great laid-back atmosphere.
We hire a lot of summer students to help with all the major work over the summer ( new OS roll-outs for instance ) - take a look at all the departments at your school.
I'm currently working my way through building my own linux distribution from linux from scratch. It's a great way to learn about a great operating system, learn networking, a bit of programming... heck, you could even get them to install a database after they get it working. I'm currently building mine on a VMWare virtual machine. VMWare is pricey, but they seem rather liberal in extending their evaluation licences.
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While I was finishing off my Undergrad Computer science degree, I was working as well doing ASP and ColdFusion work. Then I took a course here - ( Computer Science 550 )
Which blew my mind. I ended up doing well enough to be offered a job with the Comp. Sci Department - and have been here for a year now.
Working here is incredible - So many OS's, so much freedom to experiment and learn - and the beauty is that if you screw up, for the most part, the company will not lose money. To boot, It's a great laid-back atmosphere.
We hire a lot of summer students to help with all the major work over the summer ( new OS roll-outs for instance ) - take a look at all the departments at your school.
Enjoy!
It's a great way to learn about a great operating system, learn networking, a bit of programming... heck, you could even get them to install a database after they get it working.
I'm currently building mine on a VMWare virtual machine. VMWare is pricey, but they seem rather liberal in extending their evaluation licences.
Cheers & good luck!