Do they take first-timers for internships?

Question

Career in IT

I took a gap year, was engaged in programming. It is interesting to know whether it will be possible to train from the first year?

Answer 1

It is interesting to know whether it will be possible to train from the first year?

What for?
Consider you from the business side - you are 18 years old, you need to be monitored, you do not bring money, but most likely also cost the company a penny.
Why they take 4-5 courses for an internship = because they are potential employees. And passing a free (or not) internship, the company already hires a "familiar" person who will give a good profit for less money at the start.
PS: Alternative option. You are brilliant and the level of your thinking surpasses your competitors. In this case, the company gives you a hint that they are ready to take you first for an internship, and then for work, and the study goes into the stage - in absentia.
This option would be the most ideal for you, since a part-time student gives odds to a full-time student in 4-5 years of corporate development, which in the Russian market means that 99% of you will be accepted, not a full-time student.

Answer 2

I got my first job at the age of 17, right after passing the entrance exams to the institute. So it is possible, albeit very difficult.

Answer 3

Yes, even from zero

Answer 4

When applying for a job, they often look at experience and a general understanding of the topic, that is, if you can write something at least a little more complicated than hello world, then there are chances to pass an interview.
Another question is that you need to get to the interview, and here the bureaucracy and the barrier from HR already appear, which, for example, often immediately dismiss all resumes without a completed higher education. So there are acquaintances, that is, someone working in a company that, in principle, employs interns (and there are not so many such companies either), must vouch for you.
There is another option - you can get a job in a company, for example, a junior assistant to a system administrator or administrator, where no knowledge is needed, no experience is needed, and gradually move to work as a programmer, just being in a team. There is a chance that senior colleagues will pull you up to the junior level if they see that you are capable and willing to learn.

Answer 5

Google a list of "galleys" (development outsourcing companies) in your city, single out the largest ones (a la Epam), submit a resume there for a trainee position. In the worst case, local "academies" break into their (galleys), after them they take a job with a guarantee (but they only take it, everyone passes the test for himself).
In fact, at my current place of work (galley), I see dozens of 18-19 year old guys who work on quite live projects. Although their work is not the most pleasant (more often support), nevertheless, in their place, at their age, I would not mind being