When I was looking for companies in my area who were willing (and able)to sponsor me as an intern/student developer i found triple byte through twitter when they had just started out here at udacity where it's located! The application process itself took about two weeks but once approved nothing else really stood between us getting into our first interview with them which happened within three days of applying!! It wasn't easy being accepted after such long wait time though there are more than enough things wrong wth how this whole thing works so if your not sure don' t waste too much effort trying - take another route or get someone experienced involved. Try using all means possible like referrals etc before deciding whether its worth waiting around longer only because people say "its okay". If we could make something better then maybe other devs would be less hesitant considering working somewhere new.