getting students involved in open source
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GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE
• 100+ open source organizations participate, from Apache to Eclipse to Mozilla
• $5500 stipend and a paid trip to the GSOC Summit!
• The 2016 application window just opened on March 14th
• Takes place once a year during the summer only!
HTTPS://DEVELOPERS.GOOGLE.COM/OPEN-SOURCE/GSOC/
GOOGLE CODE-IN
• Not a university student? No problem, Google offers an alternative to GSOC for pre-university students (ages 13-17)
• 10+ open source organizations are involved in curating tasks
• In the 2015 contest, 980 students from 65 countries completed 4,686 tasks with 14 open source organizations.
HTTPS://CODEIN.WITHGOOGLE.COM/
OUTREACHY
• 15+ open source organizations participate, from Fedora to Git to OpenStack to Wordpress and more!
• $5500 stipend!
• The 2016 application window closes on March 22nd!
• Happens twice a year: in the summer and winter! Also open to non-students :)
HTTPS://WWW.GNOME.ORG/OUTREACHY/
RAILS SUMMER OF CODE
• 40+ open source projects participate, from Apache CouchDB to GitLab to Rails and more!
• The stipend (scholarship) varies depending on location
• The 2016 application window just opened on March 22nd
HTTP://RAILSGIRLSSUMMEROFCODE.ORG/
[FACEBOOK] OPEN ACADEMY
• Facebook Open Academy promotes collaboration between universities and open source organizations.
• Participation is usually in the form of taking a college course in a partner university
HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OPENACADEMYPROGRAM/
UNIVERSITY CLUBS AND MEET UPS
• Search out open source clubs at universities (e.g, LUGS)!
• https://linux.ucla.edu/
• http://www.ntuoss.com/
• http://orgsync.rso.cornell.edu/org/opensourcecornell
• Search out local meet ups within your university or city for language (meetup.com is good for this)
EXAMPLE: HTTPS://OPENSOURCE.CSE.OHIO-STATE.EDU/
CONFERENCE TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS
• Some conferences offer travel scholarships and assistance
• https://us.pycon.org/2016/assistance/
• http://events.linuxfoundation.org/
• http://thestrangeloop.com/opportunity.html
• Conferences are a great way to learn and get involved with a respective open source community
EXAMPLE: HTTPS://US.PYCON.ORG/2016/ASSISTANCE/
BEGINNER ISSUES
• Finding “help wanted” or “beginner” issues to tackle are a great way to get started, some projects out there can help you find them:
• http://up-for-grabs.net/
• http://issuehub.io/?label%5B%5D=help+wanted&language=
• https://openhatch.org/search/
• During the winter holidays, check out http://24pullrequests.com/
HTTP://UP-FOR-GRABS.NET/
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
CHRIS ANISZCZYK (@CRA) HTTPS://ANISZCZYK.ORG
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