@thecreativeone91 said:
If I count volunteer experience I've been doing some IT since I was 13 or 14. But don't put that on my resume or anything most people wouldn't care I don't think. It depends on where the internship was at. I did work for some local churches, a non-profit housing authority and a small local film production company (It was a non-profit as well). I would certainly call them better than helpdesk. I learned far more setting up Apple Servers at a production company with an Xsan and fiber to the desktop (1GB fiber at the time lol). then I ever did in helpdesk.
I did an actual POC database development project that cost a consulting firm their contract. I actually competed against a paid consulting group and beat the entire team on the project. Not only did they lose the contract but were banned from working at the company. Kodak was in the Fortune 100 back then, top 25 I believe. They were one company behind Pepsico then.