should I play up something I did in high school?

I go to a target school with in a target major, but one of the coolest things I've ever done was develop and run an affiliate-marketing website in high school--think freeIpods--that at its peak earned me about 60K in one month. The site was maintained during the my junior and senior years and definitely helped me get into college, but I don't know if it's the type of thing I can keep taking advantage of while I'm looking for an internship or a job. What do you guys thinl?

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do you really want them to think of you as a telemarketer/pyramid schemer?

Disclaimer: The post above has been made by someone who is not currently employed in IBD, and has not had an interview yet...

 

Actually, I never "dropped it" per se--a company bought it from me near the end of my Senior year, which is just as well since I had to prepare for college. The site itself was definitely past its peak too as it was very much fad-driven like Freeipods. Mine had to do with a certain popular Microsoft video game console (and later, a sequel to a certain popular game), although I'm sure it wasn't close to being as profitable as freeipods since there were literally tens of other competing affiliate-advertising sites).

Buut yeah, that's another story. Thanks for the responses. I guess I'll include a bit about it on my resume and cover letter despite the irrelevance to finance.

 

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