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Google Makes Some Major Changes To Summer of Code 2022 - No Longer Limited To Students
Over the past nearly two decades Google Summer of Code (GSoC) has been known as an initiative for getting students involved with open-source software development over the course of a summer while receiving a stipend/grant from Google. Beginning next year, GSoC will no longer be limited to students but open to all adults. Additionally, other changes are also coming.
This year Google shortened the GSoC length and cut the stipend amount. They made those changes this year in the name of COVID-19 while for GSoC 2022 there are even more changes.
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Finagle's First Law:
If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 11 2021, @02:30PM (2 children)
At least they shouldn't if the job stats are correct; why would someone with coding skills do this when they can land a job paying much more.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 11 2021, @04:15PM (1 child)
They do it for the common good and advancing their skills (or just to stroke their ego, which isn't a bad reason if done right), like open source code projects are generally done?
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Friday November 12 2021, @05:40PM
Or because some projects are fun, whereas a lot of industrial projects are not.