Google's Summer of Code hooks companies up with free student labour
Google's open source coding programme that provides work experience for students and free labour for companies.
Any companies with open source projects looking for cheap labour opportunities to mentor young coders should look no further than the Google Summer of Code.
The organization is in its seventh year and aims to pair university students with open source projects from around the world in areas such as academia, games, operating systems and more. The programme runs over a three-month period.
Students earn a stipend of a total of 5000 USD so they will spend their summer “flipping bits not burgers” and gaining exposure to software development as it really happens. In return, mentor organizations earn 500USD and have a chance to attract new developers to their project and develop them – in fact, many students continue with their mentor organizations after the Google Summer of Code.
Since 2005, more than 4,500 students from 85 countries have complete the programme with more than 300 mentor organizations. This year, the field is being expanded with previous mentor organizations being encouraged to recommend smaller, newer organizations that could benefit from the programme. If your company isn't based somewhere restricted by U.S. export controls and sanctions programmes, then it could be eligible to participate.
The deadline to apply to be a mentor is Friday 11th March. Announcements of successful mentors will be announced a week later.
Alex Walls
Wed, 02 Mar 2011
Wed, 02 Mar 2011
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Google's Summer of Code hooks companies up with free student labour
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