Buckle down and finish school. That's my advice. That being said, I got my first job with pure personality. I didn't know anyone in industry. I hadn't done any internships. I didn't have great grades. I graduated in Dec '02. It was an awful time to try to find work. I attended some job fairs at the college. I was very passionate about my interest in improving my development skills. I was also passionate about computer security in particular. There was a computer security firm at the job fair and I talked to them at length and I attempted to portray myself as very eager to learn and very very interested in what they were doing. Both of these things were true, but being somewhat introverted, I had to go out of my way to get that point across :) I learned a couple years later, that they'd decided to hire me during that job fair based purely on my passion and personalty. As long as I didn't f up the interview I'd be in, and although I failed parts of the interview (including the coding part, because I didn't know Java at the time), I still got the job. I felt very lucky, and looking back, I realize I was indeed very lucky. However, I do think that passion and personality go a long way. Best of luck, and finish school man. -Marshall