Talk to HACU about their HNIP program - that's http://hacu.net/ http://hacu.net/ and http://hnip.net/ http://hnip.net/ I interned in Seattle via that program w

Talk to HACU about their HNIP program - that's http://hacu.net/ http://hacu.net/ and http://hnip.net/ http://hnip.net/ I interned in Seattle via that program with the US Forest Service - speaking as an intern, they provided a good helping hand (set up my housing, took rent out of my paychecks). Although most interns will be Hispanic, not all are (like me). About half or so come from Puerto Rico. I was generally impressed with most interns I met. During my internship, I was able to write a useful program (a front end in Python for a framework written in Python to help automate running multiple instances with different settings), as well as work on web pages (in PHP). It was an excellent chance for me to get to do work I wouldn't have gotten otherwise (I'm 35 and have plenty of tech experience, but I'm back in college working on a Computer Science degree, looking to break into programming). I think the nice thing about HACU is that they have experience in finding good students and helping take care of the administrivia. While we're on topic - what are the chances you work with Python and/or PHP? ;-)