>Even most internships require you to be enrolled as a CS major at a college. So, kind-of-open secret about requirements listed in job descriptions: they're bu

>Even most internships require you to be enrolled as a CS major at a college. So, kind-of-open secret about requirements listed in job descriptions: they're bullshit. Not meeting them is an excuse for folks to throw away resumes if they need to, but with the job market like it is, they often don't need to. If you can code, it just means that your response rate is something like 2% instead of 4% or whatever. If you want a programming job and you're okay with the least-effort option of web dev, slap together a web app of some sort in a week or two, put it on github, and send out a hundred resumes or so. I'd be astounded if you didn't get at least a couple of phone calls. Worst case you're out some time. A decent backup option is to attend the best CS school you can get into for as little time as it takes to get an internship/coop/cofounder and then drop out.