I'd say pick up some college, so a research university or laser cutting business will pick you up for real work later. Interning for Disney, wonderful, but slots are rare. Lab and Industrial Lasers require plumbing, electrical, electronics, servos for motion, programming, Labview, and purchasing skills.
Not to mention the ability to write coherently.
I work outside my degree field, and its difficult to get a job when you don't have the qualifications, even if you do have the experience. Techies don't hire, married women in offices who read resumes all day do most hiring these days. They do it, or third party recruiting firms like Adeco or Kelly do. Most can't evaluate your skills based on what you list on the resume. Fifthteen years after college, I'm still explaining why I have a education degree, when I try to get hired. In most cases, the hiring software rejects you based on this alone.
My last university gig came through Kelly, with the nasty caveat that if the client wish to hire you permanently, within a year and a half, they need to fork over about 10K$ to Kelly. 10K is more then enough to encourage the choice of some one less skilled.
Steve
Qui habet Christos, habet Vitam!
I should have rented the space under my name for advertising.
When I still could have...