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It's too late for this summer, but if you are still a student next year, then Google's Summer of Code is a great option. Mentoring organizations are usually ann
by pwicks 17y ago
It's too late for this summer, but if you are still a student next year, then Google's Summer of Code is a great option. Mentoring organizations are usually announced by mid-March (see timeline for this year here http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/timeline http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc...). For almost any interest, there is probably a mentoring organization that is doing something you would be interested in (and if not, google also allows applications for independent projects through their open-source programs office). I've definitely learned as much, if not more, working on a project through SoC as I did at an internship I had at a small software development shop a couple of years ago. The pay is better too. The only downside is that you might spend a lot of time alone, only contacting people through a mailing list and/or irc channel.
- paulgb 17y agoI've had this daydream lately of doing SoC or something like it while also spending the summer travelling. (Not hardcore, always-on-the-move travelling, just living around in a few interesting cities (or even other countries) for a week or two at a time). I haven't looked very hard into whether this would be possible. As someone who has done SoC, does it strike you as unrealistic? (Issues of budget and potential distractions aside)
- makmanalp 17y agoA friend of mine travelled through Europe while he did gsoc, staying at friends' places mainly.
- GeneralMaximus 17y agoGSoC is awesome. My SoC application didn't get through, but the mentoring organization I applied to (Haiku) organized their own event, the Haiku Code Drive, and I managed to get in. I had little experience when I applied for SoC. Thanks to the HCD, I have learned more in these 2 months than I have learned in all those years of hacking alone.