I also support this advice. Places that are doing exciting things are generally pretty busy just trying to make stuff happen, and don't often have time to defin

I also support this advice. Places that are doing exciting things are generally pretty busy just trying to make stuff happen, and don't often have time to define requirements and advertise jobs for interns or dedicated HR people to do. This works to your advantage in that you can generally get talking right to the people who can bring you in, not some HR screen looking for a set of buzzwords on paper. Back in college I did this and it was an amazing experience. Imagine a position that you would fit into perfectly, then pitch the position and you as the ideal candidate to whoever will listen and pass it up to the boss.