> There’s a lot of senior capstone projects that just go to benefit some random company. That's a solid advice, I think. Your mileages may vary, but I remember

> There’s a lot of senior capstone projects that just go to benefit some random company. That's a solid advice, I think. Your mileages may vary, but I remember a saying from a HR representative about having a good "entry" in GitHub being more valuable to students than having some random company entry in a CV. In a rather similar vein, that's why things like Google's Summer of Code may be more valuable in the long-run than direct monetary support.