A new kind of summer job: open source coding with Google Summer of Code
By Stephanie Taylor, Open Source team
Cross-posted from the Official
Google Blog
If you’re a university student with CS chops looking to earn real-world experience this
summer, consider writing code for a cool open source project with the
Google Summer of Code
program.
Over the past eight years more than 6,000 students have “graduated” from this global program,
working with almost 400 different open source projects. Students who are accepted into the
program will put the skills they have learned in university to good use by working on an
actual software project over the summer. Students are paired with mentors to help address
technical questions and concerns throughout the course of the project. With the knowledge and
hands-on experience students gain during the summer they strengthen their future employment
opportunities in fields related to their academic pursuits. Best of all, more source code is
created and released for the use and benefit of all.
Interested students can submit proposals on the
website
starting now through Friday, May 3 at 12:00pm PDT. Get started by reviewing the ideas pages of
the
177 open source
projects in this year’s program, and decide which projects you’re interested in.
Because Google Summer of Code has a limited number of spots for students, writing a great
project proposal is essential to being selected to the program. Be sure to check out the
Student Manual for
advice.
For ongoing information throughout the application period and beyond, see the
Google Open Source
blog, join our Summer of Code
mailing
lists or join us on Internet relay chat at #gsoc on
Freenode.
Good luck to all the open source coders out there, and remember to submit your proposals
early—you only have until May 3 to apply!
Written by Stephanie Taylor, Open Source team
Posted by Scott Knaster,
Editor
