Summer jobs for noobs

[SketchMaster]

6 Hours - $675

Sonz, always funny.

 

[TridenT]

Aren't you in school? Get a job/internship related to your field...

That's something you do if you A) already have experience or B) are about junior year or further in school. I'm neither. People in my field are going to be like, "you don't have in-depth knowledge of all these programming languages and thingy-ma-jiggers? You can't even be an unpaid intern!"

 

[PieIsAwesome]

That's something you do if you A) already have experience or B) are about junior year or further in school. I'm neither. People in my field are going to be like, "you don't have in-depth knowledge of all these programming languages and thingy-ma-jiggers? You can't even be an unpaid intern!"

I know people who got internships in their 1st or 2nd year and didn't know anything. Doesn't hurt to try.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

That's something you do if you A) already have experience or B) are about junior year or further in school. I'm neither. People in my field are going to be like, "you don't have in-depth knowledge of all these programming languages and thingy-ma-jiggers? You can't even be an unpaid intern!"

This isn't how internships work. Companies will intern bright people with little or no experience and help them learn and grow in the hopes that the intern will stick around after they graduate. Lack of experience shouldn't prevent you from getting an internship, but a lack of motivation/drive/smarts definitely will.

(I never actually had an internship at uni, I was studying at the worst part of the economic downturn unfortunately)

 

[TridenT]

This isn't how internships work. Companies will intern bright people with little or no experience and help them learn and grow in the hopes that the intern will stick around after they graduate. Lack of experience shouldn't prevent you from getting an internship, but a lack of motivation/drive/smarts definitely will.

(I never actually had an internship at uni, I was studying at the worst part of the economic downturn unfortunately)

Considering I go to a shit school, at the moment(next term will be at the good school), I am doubting most places are going to be like, "oh shi... let's pay you to learn when we're firing everyone on our staff." There are no resources where I am at right now that will help you get an internship (Looked into it a bit) and I don't know if craigslist is really going to be that useful.

I know people who got internships in their 1st or 2nd year and didn't know anything. Doesn't hurt to try.

I don't know what field you're talking about, but I am gonna call shens unless it was unpaid.

 

[Gibson486]

6 Hours - $675

LOL.....I never get sick of the classics!

 

[coxmaster]

I don't know what field you're talking about, but I am gonna call shens unless it was unpaid.

Im an aerospace engineering student, a majority of my friends are either AE, ME, or EE, and I know quite a few of them that got an internship first or second year..

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Considering I go to a shit school, at the moment(next term will be at the good school), I am doubting most places are going to be like, "oh shi... let's pay you to learn when we're firing everyone on our staff." There are no resources where I am at right now that will help you get an internship (Looked into it a bit) and I don't know if craigslist is really going to be that useful.

More excuses. You won't know until you try. Fuck Craigslist, just visit some smaller tech shops in your area and talk to them in person.

/awaiting next excuse

 

[Gibson486]

That's something you do if you A) already have experience or B) are about junior year or further in school. I'm neither. People in my field are going to be like, "you don't have in-depth knowledge of all these programming languages and thingy-ma-jiggers? You can't even be an unpaid intern!"

If that is your attitude, then dam, good luck finding a job when you get out of college. You show no ambition what so ever.

 

[Gibson486]

Considering I go to a shit school, at the moment(next term will be at the good school), I am doubting most places are going to be like, "oh shi... let's pay you to learn when we're firing everyone on our staff." There are no resources where I am at right now that will help you get an internship (Looked into it a bit) and I don't know if craigslist is really going to be that useful.




I don't know what field you're talking about, but I am gonna call shens unless it was unpaid.

My first internship was during my 2nd year of college. Last I heard, 17/hr is not unpaid....

 

[Leros]

My first internship was during my 2nd year of college. Last I heard, 17/hr is not unpaid....

My first internship was second year too. I had no work experience except some manual labor I did at a factory one summer in high school. Got paid $20/hr.

I applied to tons of places and got rejected for no experience by all but a few, but I ended up at a decent company. Don't be afraid to take a shitty first internship. It will help you get a good second internship, which will in turn help you get a good first full-time job.

 

[TridenT]

More excuses. You won't know until you try. Fuck Craigslist, just visit some smaller tech shops in your area and talk to them in person.

/awaiting next excuse

Smaller tech shops? Like computer repair places? They're pretty anal too, but that's not my field. (CS major. I'll likely be in software development) I don't see myself getting onto development teams just in a jiffy with no experience at all.

If that is your attitude, then dam, good luck finding a job when you get out of college. You show no ambition what so ever.

lol, I have no worries for after college. It'll be cake.

My first internship was during my 2nd year of college. Last I heard, 17/hr is not unpaid....

I'm basically first year with no experience. I'm not even into the actual CS part of the series. (The stuff that scares most people) I have all these classes that I am not really learning much from that I have to take.

My first internship was second year too. I had no work experience except some manual labor I did at a factory one summer in high school. Got paid $20/hr.

I applied to tons of places and got rejected for no experience by all but a few, but I ended up at a decent company. Don't be afraid to take a shitty first internship. It will help you get a good second internship, which will in turn help you get a good first full-time job.

Ending first year. Late second year to after second year is totally different.

 

[Leros]

Smaller tech shops? Like computer repair places? They're pretty anal too, but that's not my field. (CS major. I'll likely be in software development) I don't see myself getting onto development teams just in a jiffy with no experience at all.



lol, I have no worries for after college. It'll be cake.

Not without experience. I know people with shitty grades with experience that got great jobs and people with great grades with no experience that still can't find work nearly a year after graduating.

Experience matters, possibly more than anything else.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Smaller tech shops? Like computer repair places? They're pretty anal too, but that's not my field. (CS major. I'll likely be in software development) I don't see myself getting onto development teams just in a jiffy with no experience at all.

I'm currently a programmer for a small shop (<30 employees, 3 developers). I'm a CS major. What's your point?

lol, I have no worries for after college. It'll be cake.

You don't have the attitude to make it in the real world.

 

[Gibson486]

Smaller tech shops? Like computer repair places? They're pretty anal too, but that's not my field. (CS major. I'll likely be in software development) I don't see myself getting onto development teams just in a jiffy with no experience at all.



lol, I have no worries for after college. It'll be cake.

You better hope the economy gets better, then. If you graduate with nothing, it will be hard to find a job, even in a good economy. I do not care if you are a CS major or an EE major. if you think it's gonna be cake, you are a cocky idiot.

 

[Leros]

I'm currently a programmer for a small shop (<30 employees, 3 developers). I'm a CS major. What's your point?

You don't have the attitude to make it in the real world.

I interviewed with a software company recently that only had 8 employees. They were doing interesting challenging stuff, making tons of money, and the employees were paid competitive wages (slightly less than a larger company, but still good).

 

[Gibson486]

Dam....i fell into this kid's trap. Why does he keep making excuses?

 

[coxmaster]

Dam....i fell into this kid's trap. Why does he keep making excuses?

It is ok man.. It happens to all of us (hell, i even tried to help him).

Sad part is, I know a kid at school that is the same way. He makes excuses for EVERYTHING and never gets anything done.

 

[TridenT]

It is ok man.. It happens to all of us (hell, i even tried to help him).

Sad part is, I know a kid at school that is the same way. He makes excuses for EVERYTHING and never gets anything done.

Except I actually get things done... 😱

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Smaller tech shops? Like computer repair places? They're pretty anal too, but that's not my field. (CS major. I'll likely be in software development) I don't see myself getting onto development teams just in a jiffy with no experience at all.

I'm basically first year with no experience. I'm not even into the actual CS part of the series. (The stuff that scares most people) I have all these classes that I am not really learning much from that I have to take.

An online job? I don't know any programming languages, cannot do web design...

If you are really planning on majoring in CS you might want to learn a language asap. Freshman year most people in my CS classes knew at least one language.

 

[TridenT]

Not without experience. I know people with shitty grades with experience that got great jobs and people with great grades with no experience that still can't find work nearly a year after graduating.

Experience matters, possibly more than anything else.

Idk wtf you're defining experience as in this case. How people with shit grades (Whatever that is by your definition) got "experience" is beyond me.

 

[TridenT]

If you are really planning on majoring in CS you might want to learn a language asap. Freshman year most people in my CS classes knew at least one language.

Most people at good universities know many going in. I'm not worried though.

 

[duragezic]

I have allergies to just about everything outside, probably just as bad you but it never prevented me from doing work outside. Yeah it makes the day worse but all you can do is try some meds and deal with it.

In high school and my first year of college, I worked at an industrial supply distributor. It was a great place to work. Shipping and receiving, deliveries, purchase orders, inventory, some ordering and invoice work. Though I did have to cut grass around the building with a weed trimmer a couple of times, and I guess your allergies would prevent you from doing that.

Maybe now it would be harder for a 18 year old to get a job like that, but it's something to look into. It wasn't a retail job really because although there was some regular walk-in customers that needed a drill bit or whatever, most of it was shipped/delivered to machine shops and manufacturers.

Also during college I worked on campus at several jobs. Library, moving company doing a library move, and the audio/video tech place for one of the school departments. All of them were decent jobs. So find the office at your college where you can inquire about summer employment.

 

[TridenT]

I have allergies to just about everything outside, probably just as bad you but it never prevented me from doing work outside. Yeah it makes the day worse but all you can do is try some meds and deal with it.

In high school and my first year of college, I worked at an industrial supply distributor. It was a great place to work. Shipping and receiving, deliveries, purchase orders, inventory, some ordering and invoice work. Though I did have to cut grass around the building with a weed trimmer a couple of times, and I guess your allergies would prevent you from doing that.

Maybe now it would be harder for a 18 year old to get a job like that, but it's something to look into. It wasn't a retail job really because although there was some regular walk-in customers that needed a drill bit or whatever, most of it was shipped/delivered to machine shops and manufacturers.

Also during college I worked on campus at several jobs. Library, moving company doing a library move, and the audio/video tech place for one of the school departments. All of them were decent jobs. So find the office at your college where you can inquire about summer employment.

I guess you didn't have allergies like I did. It gets to the point where you're literally just crying, trying to use sandpaper to scratch your eyes, pouring snot out of your nose CONSTANTLY with no end, lots of itching, and sneezing. That's with meds.

I can't work on campus because campus is closed during summer for the most part and I am not even enrolled at the campus I'd like to work at yet.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Considering I go to a shit school, at the moment(next term will be at the good school), I am doubting most places are going to be like, "oh shi... let's pay you to learn when we're firing everyone on our staff." There are no resources where I am at right now that will help you get an internship (Looked into it a bit) and I don't know if craigslist is really going to be that useful.




I don't know what field you're talking about, but I am gonna call shens unless it was unpaid.

Mechanical, Civil, and Electrical Engineering. Definitely paid, $15-$20 an hour.