Help a Highschooler with His Resume
alexgartrell: Work on an open source project.  A real one.  Mozilla is super-friendly to new guys, and working on Chromium means working with Google Engineers and other smart people.Also, go to an epically good college.  That'll be a huge help down the line.You should probably consider working for a medium-sized company.  Large companies have a tendency towards being soul crushing places for interns.  A strong, almost-all-of-the-time tendency.  The only exceptions might be Google or Facebook, but your odds of getting in there with only introductory programming.  Most big companies want interns that they can recruit.