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I worked this way at a startup accelerator—for the accelerator itself before I had technically graduated from MIT (4-year bachelors degree that I did in 5 years). How I got into it was by responding to a recruiter email by asking if they knew anyone looking for contractors. They connected me with the organization and I had a single in-person interview. They wanted to bring me on board and I made up an hourly rate of $30/hour and they said great. I set about understanding their needs and writing the spaghetti code that 1.5 years later made me look for a role at a place where I could have guidence and code reviews.