<p>ImUR - Supporting yourself while going to school is not easy! Internships are important, but continuity of income and healthcare are even more important. Your trade-off analysis is far more complicated than the typical student who has a parental safety net… Good luck to you in your studies and your work. </p>
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CS is doing really well right now - I wouldn’t be complaining about that job market either.</p>
<p>Internships are not everything.</p>
<p>I don’t your whole story, but the fact that you are self-supporting reminded me of an experience with campus recruiting that has stuck in my memory for years. We interviewed an engineering senior who had no internships. His GPA was right around, 3.0. Nothing special. But when we talked to him at our table, there was some intangible quality that made us decide to offer an interview later in the day.</p>
<p>During the interview, we found out the whole story. He worked odd jobs for a few years, got married, started a family, and started college in his early 20’s. He had kept his class schedule at MWF classes so we could work 10-12 hours on T, Th, Sat, and Sun to support his family, and pay for school. He had worked on a couple large, successful, student projects as part of his course work. This did not leave a lot of time for study, and showed in his grades, but he managed.</p>
<p>The guy got a job offer based on work ethic. It was obvious that he would do what it took to get the job done. </p>