I am 17 years old, turning 18 early next year. I currently study at a highly academic selective entry high school in Australia and formally taking first year undegrad uni as part of my final year program.

I have been working on an ambitious "mod" (it's actually an alternative version) for a game run by a huge company, similar to Valve. I found a bunch of exploits in the protocol and their game and reported it to one of their engineers. A few days later I received an email from a "Senior Recruiter" about a potential position at the company, referred by the guy I reported the exploits to. It sounded like the recruiter expected me to be a 25+ year old engineer with a degree in CS, not a high school student. He also wanted to talk about my "academic background/professional experience".

I replied but avoided talking about my age and education - I said that I was interested in the position and that while I didn't have formal education, I had the affinity for solving big problems, that I was passionate about the game and had experience in CS and SE (which I do). I got a reply within 20 minutes where he asked me for an updated resume and to arrange a call with him to discuss this further - he said had 5 calls that day, would be away for the weekend, so we would be able to continue this on Monday.

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I really really appreciate any help and advice you can give to me. This opportunity means so much to me.

I can also be reached at [email protected].