"If you know rails and can throw together a nice webapp, and you're studying CS, you're qualified to do real work." Dead on. I cannot stress this enough. The w

"If you know rails and can throw together a nice webapp, and you're studying CS, you're qualified to do real work." Dead on. I cannot stress this enough. The world is full of people that need little apps done. I'm a CS major, and I've never been without a friend or two bugging me to do a project for them. There are also many companies that need a competent web developer. With time and effort, you can effectively shortcut the internship and gain real experience, doing real projects and get paid real money.