Ask HN: “Unofficial” second year CS student applying for technical internships

As a brief intro, I majored in economics in my first two years, went to a business program in my third year, stayed for a year. Over this summer, I took two first year CS courses (prerequisites for all 2nd year CS). Transferred to a CS program starting this Sept., taking mostly second year CS courses and two third year CS courses. So basically my CS knowledge level is at a second year level, but my official year is 4th year. I will finish the CS program and graduate in 2 years (2016). I have several business-related (tech consulting over this summer) internships over the past 4 summers since high school.

Starting this year, I have been starting working on side projects (web apps) but mostly front-end stuff for now. I have applied to Google's Engineering Practicum program and was informed that I wasn't eligible because I was not going to be graduating in 2017 or 2018. I was debating on applying for the normal SE positions because of my limited technical skills holding me back. I applied to several product manager intern positions as well.

If i want to apply for technical positions, what would be the strategy (target companies, positions, etc...)? What other suggestions do you guys have in terms of my current focus and priority?

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate it!