Look to see if your school as a co-op or internship program of any sort. That is how I got my start back in college.
Apparently you already have 2 people fighting over you, so kudos. Your post (below) was more well versed than most cover letters I've seen in my 10 years in the biz. At 12:14 AM 10/15/2005, you wrote: >I'm a second year college student in Montgomery Co. and currently I >have a (soon to be finished) contract developing a coldfusion >application for a small private organization. I've really enjoyed the >experience, and I'd like to find an internship or a part time job >doing web development and design. > >I have 2 years experience working helpdesk (mac, pc, *nix) and about a >year of experience working with coldfusion MX / MySQL and recently >PHP5. I'm pretty well versed on web standards (xhtml, css, et al.), >design practices as well as good programming practices. (OOP etc.) >(self taught everything) I'm also willing to learn new skills as I go >too. > >While looking for places to work though it seems most companies want >someone with 4+ years experience, and a four year or better degree >which I think is understandable for a government job or a full time >programmer position. > >I'm just curious if those who have these positions think its all >possible for me to get a part-time job or internship working in this >field, or if I'm going to have to wait another 3 years before any >company would consider me at all? > >Thanks, >Elliott > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2785 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
