So, I didn't make it...

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MikeS

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Apr 23, 2008, 6:39:19 PM4/23/08
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This was my first time trying to make the program. So I've learned a
few things for next year. Where do I go from here? Do I keep
refining my abstract and proposal and wait another year? Or will
there be more opportunities this summer to work with a company?

Robby O'Connor

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Apr 23, 2008, 6:47:49 PM4/23/08
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See if you can still work on your project? Like lh said you can still
get some swag ;)

Ryan Pavlik

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Apr 23, 2008, 6:51:48 PM4/23/08
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Not sure why those have to be exclusive - you could always seek a
regular internship this summer and in the meantime get involved with an
open source project. Really get involved in a community, file some
bugs, fix some bugs, and participate. It'll make it that much more
likely that you'd get selected next time. (Note: there may be some
Google swag in it if you do your project unpaid - might want to ask the
mentors. Just because you weren't selected for one of the limited slots
doesn't mean they don't want you to hang around, it just means that the
slots are limited and other proposals were deemed more important or who
knows what for those slots)

Ryan

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Kai Blin

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Apr 23, 2008, 7:04:40 PM4/23/08
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Apart from the question of getting another summer job, if you're
interested in getting started in Open Source, just contact the project
you're most interested in. They currently have infrastructure set up
for getting students involved. They probably don't mind if they're
asked to mentor another person. You won't get paid for this, of
course, but it'll get you started as a developer. Even without a GSoC
certificate, this'll look good on a CV. Also, Leslie offered to send
(normal) Google shirts and other fun stuff to students who complete
their GSoC project even without being paid.

Cheers,
Kai

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Robby O'Connor

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Apr 23, 2008, 7:14:10 PM4/23/08
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Part of persueing jobs in this field is developing a passion. Employers
look for this! They wanna see what you've done! Great you graduated top
of your class, but what else do you have to bring to the table? So go
get involved in a project, there are TONS of projects out there,
sourceforge has a complete list: pidgin is a great one, the apache
software foundation has great great projects under its name, the list is
endless.

Ryan Pavlik

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Apr 24, 2008, 4:58:19 AM4/24/08
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Robby O'Connor wrote:
> Part of persueing jobs in this field is developing a passion. Employers
> look for this! They wanna see what you've done! Great you graduated top
> of your class, but what else do you have to bring to the table? So go
> get involved in a project, there are TONS of projects out there,
> sourceforge has a complete list: pidgin is a great one, the apache
> software foundation has great great projects under its name, the list is
> endless.
>

Not to mention that the GSoC web site has a good list of projects :)

> Kai Blin wrote:
>
>> On Apr 24, 12:39 am, MikeS <BasicProgram...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This was my first time trying to make the program. So I've learned a
>>> few things for next year. Where do I go from here? Do I keep
>>> refining my abstract and proposal and wait another year? Or will
>>> there be more opportunities this summer to work with a company?
>>>
>> Apart from the question of getting another summer job, if you're
>> interested in getting started in Open Source, just contact the project
>> you're most interested in. They currently have infrastructure set up
>> for getting students involved. They probably don't mind if they're
>> asked to mentor another person. You won't get paid for this, of
>> course, but it'll get you started as a developer. Even without a GSoC
>> certificate, this'll look good on a CV. Also, Leslie offered to send
>> (normal) Google shirts and other fun stuff to students who complete
>> their GSoC project even without being paid.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kai
>>
>>
>
>


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