Google Summer of Code 2007
Wonderful news, guys; I just learned that I have been accepted for the Google Summer of Code 2007.
What's that?
Basically, it's an initiative by Google to promote open-source software development. The way it works is like this: open-source teams sign up to be listed in the SoC as "mentoring organizations". Then, students from all over the world apply for a certain project in one of the mentoring organizations by submitting a proposal (with the project idea and a tentative schedule). If the student's proposal is good enough, he is accepted. At that point, he's going to be mentored by a person from the organization, and he'll basically carry out his proposal over the summer. At the end of the summer, Google pays $500 USD to the mentoring organization, and $4500 USD to the student.
Why did you do it?
I was originally planning on getting a stage, and I went to a few job interviews, but that didn't go very well. That's when I decided I'd try applying for the SoC. It's hard, but there are many benefits:
1) You get to work from home
2) Pure programming job, looks GREAT on a CV
3) The projects are fun and you get to contribute to the open source community.
In fact, it sounded so good that I really bet everything on this thing. If I hadn't been accepted, I would have had an extremely crappy summer. But I'm in, so my summer is gonna RRROOOOOOOOOOCK unlike the last two or three I've had! I'm so psyched!
What's that?
Basically, it's an initiative by Google to promote open-source software development. The way it works is like this: open-source teams sign up to be listed in the SoC as "mentoring organizations". Then, students from all over the world apply for a certain project in one of the mentoring organizations by submitting a proposal (with the project idea and a tentative schedule). If the student's proposal is good enough, he is accepted. At that point, he's going to be mentored by a person from the organization, and he'll basically carry out his proposal over the summer. At the end of the summer, Google pays $500 USD to the mentoring organization, and $4500 USD to the student.
Why did you do it?
I was originally planning on getting a stage, and I went to a few job interviews, but that didn't go very well. That's when I decided I'd try applying for the SoC. It's hard, but there are many benefits:
1) You get to work from home
2) Pure programming job, looks GREAT on a CV
3) The projects are fun and you get to contribute to the open source community.
In fact, it sounded so good that I really bet everything on this thing. If I hadn't been accepted, I would have had an extremely crappy summer. But I'm in, so my summer is gonna RRROOOOOOOOOOCK unlike the last two or three I've had! I'm so psyched!