How to specify GSoC in Work/Job Experience section of resume

[Mayank Sharma]

Hi GSoCer's

Hope everything is awesome!

I am a two time GSoC'er and was wondering what's the correct way to put it on my resume. More specifically, what should be the job title and who should be the employer? I understand we are not affiliated to Google as an employee/ intern as part of GSoC.

I wonder how other GSoCer's have done it in the past. 

Thanks

[Pankaj Deora]

hey mayank

   can you guide me exactly where to start the programme.   How to contact organisation and can i see your previous year proposal's. 

[Michael Downey]

Mayank,

My recommendation:

As pointed out earlier, you were not employed for GSoC, so it's not a good idea to put it under employment sections unless you make clear it was volunteer work. Probably best for a unique section.

Also, the "employer" was definitely not Google or GSoC, but it's better to list the open source organization(s) for which you did the volunteer work. (Google just paid a stipend for your efforts on project X.) Depending on the space available, certainly appropriate to explain your specific project and that it was done as part of GSoC.

Hope this helps!
Michael

On Feb 8, 2016 21:58, "Jerry Li" <je...@jerryli.ca> wrote:

I don't think there's one "correct" official way to put it on your resume, as long as it communicates the nature of the project/role. Although I haven't participated in GSoC yet (applying for the first time this year), there's a few of ways I could see it being done:

To answer your specific questions, I would personally do this:

Job Title: either Software Developer or Student Developer

Employer: Google Summer of Code

In the description you'd then describe the project and who it was for.

As a note, since you're not technically "employed", I probably wouldn't recommend including it in a "work experience" section; perhaps "technical experience" or just "relevant experience" would be a suitable header.

To provide an alternative, if you have a projects sections, you could describe it there and include both the fact that it was a part of the GSoC program and the details of the project itself.

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[Cat Allman]

Hi all,

As usual, Michael Downey is correct. Please do *not* list Google as your employer, especially when applying for a job later on.

Cat

[Ashish Sharma]

Hey pankaj,

I am really in the same condition as of you. I don't get any way to get to the GSoc.. We are bros ! haha

Did you found any way / are you in any way more clear as of now.. TO how to contact/ participate/ prepare...

Please help yaar bhaai if possible :)