From your CS class to the real world: a deep dive into open source
By Stephanie Taylor, Open Source
Programs
Cross posted from the Official Google Blog
Today marks the start of
Google Code-in,
a global online contest for pre-university students (13-17 years old) interested in learning
more about open source software. Participating students have an opportunity to work on real
world software projects and earn cool prizes for their effort.
For the next seven weeks students from around the world will be able to choose from an
extensive list of tasks created by
10 open source
projects. Some tasks require coding in a variety of programming languages, creating
documentation, doing marketing outreach or working on user interfaces.
Participants earn points for each task they successfully complete to win T-shirts and
certificates. At the end of the contest, 20 students will be selected as grand prize winners
and flown to Google’s Mountain View, California headquarters. Winners will receive a trip to
San Francisco, a tour of the Googleplex and a chance to meet with Google engineers.
Google Code-in 2012 grand prize winners at the
Googleplex with a self driving car
More than 1,200 students from 71 countries and 730 schools have participated in Google Code-in
over the past three years. Last year, our 20 grand prize winners came from 12 countries on
five continents!
We hope this year’s participants will enjoy learning about open source development while
building their technical skills and making an impact on these organizations. Please review our
program
site for contest rules, frequently asked questions and to get started!
Written by Stephanie Taylor, Open Source Programs
Posted by Scott Knaster,
Editor
