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Google CodeIn is what you're looking for, although this is for pre-university students: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/ https://developers.googl

by pwnna 10y ago

Google CodeIn is what you're looking for, although this is for pre-university students: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/ https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/

protomyth 10y ago
Nice project, but a version with college students would probably work better.
- 0x6c6f6c 10y ago
  At that point it seems like a glorified version of a bug bounty list[1]. The convenience of GSoC is that the students get to intern with pay on open source projects. If squashing bugs is the only goal, then going through their bug bounty lists and getting paid for it really is just picking a company on that list and doing it yourself. However, with a Google program behind it and the company's agreement, I'm sure the amount paid will be higher and/or more consistent. Including my old link [2] for security/bug vulnerability discovery as well, since you get paid for these by the companies based on bug fixes or discoveries. [1](https://www.bountysource.com/bounties/search https://www.bountysource.com/bounties/search) [2](https://bugcrowd.com/list-of-bug-bounty-programs https://bugcrowd.com/list-of-bug-bounty-programs)
  - protomyth 10y ago
    > At that point it seems like a glorified version of a bug bounty list[1]. I was thinking they would work on one project the same mentorship scheme, but I can see how it might devolve without keeping the education in mind.
  - SadWebDeveloper 10y ago
    The value of "mentorship" or "internship" at FOSS projects are overrated, most of this projects run without clear goals and improvements are made only by "interested parties" like intel wanting their technologies to run better on Linux or the devs at GitHub optimizing "Git" for the sake of their business operations but yet not a single improvement on the UI side (obviously because it will hurt their business if suddenly people realize how easy could be using Git without GitHub).

by pwnna 10y ago

Google CodeIn is what you're looking for, although this is for pre-university students: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/ https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/

protomyth 10y ago

Nice project, but a version with college students would probably work better.

0x6c6f6c 10y ago
At that point it seems like a glorified version of a bug bounty list[1]. The convenience of GSoC is that the students get to intern with pay on open source projects. If squashing bugs is the only goal, then going through their bug bounty lists and getting paid for it really is just picking a company on that list and doing it yourself. However, with a Google program behind it and the company's agreement, I'm sure the amount paid will be higher and/or more consistent. Including my old link [2] for security/bug vulnerability discovery as well, since you get paid for these by the companies based on bug fixes or discoveries. [1](https://www.bountysource.com/bounties/search https://www.bountysource.com/bounties/search) [2](https://bugcrowd.com/list-of-bug-bounty-programs https://bugcrowd.com/list-of-bug-bounty-programs)
- protomyth 10y ago
  > At that point it seems like a glorified version of a bug bounty list[1]. I was thinking they would work on one project the same mentorship scheme, but I can see how it might devolve without keeping the education in mind.
- SadWebDeveloper 10y ago
  The value of "mentorship" or "internship" at FOSS projects are overrated, most of this projects run without clear goals and improvements are made only by "interested parties" like intel wanting their technologies to run better on Linux or the devs at GitHub optimizing "Git" for the sake of their business operations but yet not a single improvement on the UI side (obviously because it will hurt their business if suddenly people realize how easy could be using Git without GitHub).