I held some un-paid internships in middle school and early high school. Learned programming, took software engineering classes, and proved merit w/un-paid inte

I held some un-paid internships in middle school and early high school. Learned programming, took software engineering classes, and proved merit w/un-paid internships because hiring a kid is risky. Late HS and college had contracting positions to make ends meet (esp. in college, they took a big chunk out of tuition).