GSoC/Outreachy
What? How? When?
How Much? ;)
What
- International annual/biannual program
- Contribute to open source projects of different organizations
How and When
- Eligibility
- GSoC - You must be a student. That's it.
- Outreachy - For all the girls who code.
- International annual/biannual program
- This year
- GSOC : March 15 - 26, 2016
- Outreachy : February 16 - March 22, 2016
How Much??
Approx 3,00,000+ INR ;)
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Google/Gnome awards stipends of US $ 5500, to all students
- successfully complete a requested free and open-source software coding project during the summer
Coming up with a strong proposal
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Read and explore the project idea
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Discuss with mentor and community
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Don't try to over-aim. Make it realistic
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The process is iterative
Working with the Wikimedia community
Advantages
- Work with Global Community
- Interaction with awesome programmers
- Global Contribution
- Excellent Internship Opportunity (GSoC, OPW etc.)
- Travelling
- Last but not the least
- Profile
Sticking later after the internship period
- Become a GSoC/Outreachy mentor
- Become a GCI mentor
- Continue as a regular contributors