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Just like that, it was game on for Porter. A pair of programming and application development internships ultimately led to her senior year internship at Zirous.

鈥淭he best part of my internship [at Zirous] is that they just turned us loose. There were four interns and we were in charge of our entire project…it was a good confidence booster, knowing that I could take this position and be comfortable here and grow for years to come.鈥�

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