Google Summer of Code opens on 24th March

March 16th, 2008 by admin ! 112 views

Google Summer of Code 2008 is on! Google Summer of Code is a program that offers students stipends to write code for various open source projects. The programme which aims to Get more open source code created and released and Inspire young developers to begin participating in open source development, is in its fourth year.

Even though this is not a recruitment programme, Google will use the results of the program to help identify potential recruits.

To be eligible to apply to the programme you must be enrolled as a full-time or part-time student. You must also be eligible to work in the country in which you’ll reside throughout the duration of the program, e.g. if you are in the United States on an F-1 visa, you are welcome to apply to Google Summer of Code as long as you have U.S. work authorization.

The student application period begins Monday, March 24, 2008, and ends Monday, March 31st. You can find more details at Google’s faq page