If you can show you can deliver, a small company is more likely to be able to take an intern. But finding small companies is somewhat tricky. Go to talks, hacka

If you can show you can deliver, a small company is more likely to be able to take an intern. But finding small companies is somewhat tricky. Go to talks, hackathons, user groups, stuff like that to meet people, but try to filter out blowhards from people who might actually employ you. Remember that companies find recruiting good developers hard, so if you can ship, someone will employ you. Oh, and cold e-mailing is fine, but try to not sound desperate. Say something vague that an opportunity fell through or whatever and that you are interested in doing an internship with them. You can start now, and you are skilled in X/Y/Z, as shown by A/B/C.