This article is a bit different. Instead of sharing my own experience, I'm sharing a collection of links, that might be useful for a lot of students that looking for first job or internship. It's actually not only for my own promotion - I think with this article I'm doing a good thing for karma - because it can help a lot of people. Especially with such an important thing - like a first real job.
Teaser: "Right now it’s a time when a lot of young and bright students will start to look for summer/autumn internships — I hope this list will help them.
Let’s start with 3 awesome* GitHub repositories. Owners updating them frequently, so it’s a good/simple/unique place and not a lot of people know about it.
More at: https://hackernoon.com/looking-for-a-tech-internship-try-this-list-of-online-resources-rn2rv30iw