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by Daniel_Newby 5357 days ago
You are a 19 year old web developer who finds college hard? Then they are not hiring you because you are the second coming of Richard Stallman. You are being hired as just another warm body, easily replaced or downsized. When you get the axe, you will have no job and no enrollment. Whoops.

Tell them no way, you are committed to earning a degree. Higher education is valuable to you, so it's part time or no time. Do not be apologetic or sheepish. Do not blather on with explanations. Leave a silence for them to fill with compromise. If they truly like you, or if they are desperate for a warm body, they will likely compromise on part time or summer work.

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I agree with this. If they want you and not a person who can code, they'll work with you on your school schedule. Either part time or remote work or flex hours. At the beginning of every semester, probably about 2 weeks in you sit down and talk about what your schedule will be like. The two weeks allows you to see what sort of course load you have and homework load. I did this and worked the last 3 years of college, 12-20 hours a week depending on courses, but I couldn't work outside of business hours.