Rent A Coder is a waste of time if you're in a part of the USA with some local high-tech companies you can work at in person. I got my first UNIX system progra

Rent A Coder is a waste of time if you're in a part of the USA with some local high-tech companies you can work at in person. I got my first UNIX system programing job back in HS in the days when there were lots of little local companies reselling T1 and then later T3 connections using modem pools. I emailed the CEO and asked for a job. He asked me to write him some perl scripts as a test. I did. He then asked me to come in and talk. I did and after some talking I was hired on the spot. Find a local, small tech company, contact them and be ready for questions and an in-person interview. If you know your stuff and come across as sane in an interview you'll likely get a job as they know they'll be able pay you in Dew and chocolate covered espresso beans and you'll be happy. (I actually made great money for a HS student and you likely will too.) Good luck!!!