For undergraduates on the list that would like to get more involved in Open Source projects, but also want to get paid, you should check out the just published Google Summer of Code project list: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/.
What is Google Summer of Code?
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program that offers student developers
stipends to write code for various open source projects. Google will be
working with a several open source, free software, and
technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a
three month period. Historically, the program has brought together over
1,500 students with over 130 open source projects to create millions of
lines of code. The program, which kicked off in 2005, is now in its
fourth year. If are feeling nostalgic or are interested in learning more
about the projects we have worked with in the past, check out the 2006
and 2007 program pages.
While the majority of past student participants were enrolled in
university Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs, GSoCers
come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds, from computational
biology to mining engineering. Many of our past participants had never
participated in an open-source project before GSoC; others used the GSoC
stipend as an opportunity to concentrate fully on their existing open
source coding activities over the summer. Many of our "graduates" have
later become program mentors.
-Sean
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Sean Dague Mid-Hudson Valley
sean at dague dot net Linux Users Group
http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org
There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors
than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
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