Ask HN: Software Engineering Internships for 14 Year Old CS University Student?

Hi, I started coding in my teens but didn’t start university till past 18. My advice is to definitely find remote work as a minor will require your consent to enter any contract especially for work. Remote will limit social interaction but at his age those interactions will be possibly overwhelming for him and other co workers who are adults. I had a friend and his son came from Croatia at 16. In Croatia he had his license and smoked and drank (lower age), had a girlfriend and found that life in the US was stifling. He left 3 months later back to his home country where he felt like a man and not like the boy that he was and forced to be in the US. If there is a focus (AI, DB, ML, Web, API, focus on that if the desire is to work immediately post graduation. With an age under 16 most folks at that age don’t get to work full time. Perhaps exceptions may be made but check with your local, state and federal laws (I’m thinking with parental consent.). Be sure to interview any potential manager within this company that needs the skills of your child. Be sure to set boundaries in the contract that you must sign as his guardian. This is a great world being in CS and my question is does he want to go theoretical or practical or computational. Graduating with a CS degree is anything but easy and once those theoretical classes drop you either love em or hate em. Same for the practical such as compiler or computational such as AI or ML. Starting working so young while his brain is still developing makes me want to implore you to seek out psychological help (even if he is super well adjusted). As even those of us who are the most mature and with high emotional intelligence, we have our tough days and times. Life experience let’s us fight the stresses and find a balance which will be up to you as the parent/guardian to help manage. Also handling failures will be very important life lessons, though going through a CS program is stressful enough.