Every time I see these GSoC announcements I kick myself and wish I'd known about it 3 years ago when I was still a student!<br><br>Patrick Donelan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/19/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jacinta Richardson</b> <<a href="mailto:jarich@perltraining.com.au">jarich@perltraining.com.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Forwarding to Melbourne PM on behalf of Eric Wilhelm:<br> <br> The Perl Foundation is participating in Google's 2008 Summer of Code(tm)<br> and we have a lot of capable, willing mentors looking forward to working<br> with some talented, driven students. So, we would like you to help find<br>
those students (and quickly -- the students must apply before March 31st.)<br> <br> This is a rare opportunity for students to get a chance to get a paid<br> summer of hacking on exciting projects like Parrot, Perl 6, Moose, Jifty,<br>
SVK, Catalyst, or their very own Perl modules or applications. It also<br> brings new talent into the community and gives the student a hefty "real<br> world" experience with a knowledgable mentor. Further, employers love to<br>
see this sort of demonstration of teamwork, handling deadlines,<br> communication skills, resourcefulness and etc.<br> <br> We're looking for promising students who are interested in open source (or<br> maybe you know someone who *should* be interested in open source.)<br>
Knowledge of Perl is optional if the project is Parrot-related. The<br> student doesn't need to be an expert in the problem domain (after all,<br> learning is part of the process), but should bring a big pile of<br>
creativity, problem-solving skills, and determination.<br> <br> Students should review the page of suggested projects, but are encouraged<br> to bring their own proposals (those are often the best.) The most<br> important first step is getting in touch with the community and discussing<br>
their project idea with potential mentors.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects">http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects</a><br> <br> Additional information and links can be found here.<br>
<br> <a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008">http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008</a><br> <br> Google has posted some flyers if you happen to have a university bulletin<br> board or hallway handy:<br>
<br> <a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers">http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers</a><br> <br> Additional info:<br> <br> <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/</a><br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html</a><br> <br> (Note that google has particular requirements to do with the fact that<br> they are paying the students. The student must be able to show their<br>
eligibility regarding enrollment and employability.)<br> <br> Remember, the Perl community draws talent from many fields, so if you came<br> to Perl from a non-computer-science major and still have contacts in that<br> department from your university, it is probably worth mentioning to them.<br>
<br> Thanks,<br> Eric<br> _______________________________________________<br> Melbourne-pm mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Melbourne-pm@pm.org">Melbourne-pm@pm.org</a><br> <a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pm">http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pm</a><br>
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