Bonnie Bogle sends word that Downtown Drupal-shop Development Seed is holding an event tomorrow on Google’s Summer of Code 2008:

  Google’s Summer of Code: Get Your Projects Sponsored and Secure Your Summer Internship

 

This Thursday Development Seed - a local online communications shop that specializes in Drupal solutions - is hosting an event on Google’s Summer of Code for Drupal for students interested in participating this year.  Past and futureparticipants will be on hand to talk more about Drupal and Google’s Summer of Code and to guide students through the application process. Specifically, we’ll

 

* Walk through the application process and deadlines, and give  tips on how to get your project accepted

* Help pair students with potential mentors who are experts in areas they want to work in

* Discuss your project ideas and give feedback, and discuss ideas coming from the community http://groups.drupal.org/soc-2008

 

Come out on Thursday, March 20 to learn more. It’s short notice, but the deadlines are coming up fast and the faster you move the more likely your project will be sponsored.

 

Thursday, March 20

4:00 pm

Development Seed’s office at 1534 U Street NW, Suite 2, DC

Closest metro is U Street Cardoza on the green line. Map at http://tinyurl.com/23bhvf.

Cost: Free and snacks provided

If you’re looking for a summer internship that will give you the chance to lead a programming project, work with some of the best open source developers out there, and make a little money, then you should look into Google’s Summer of Code, http://code.google.com/soc/2008/. This prestigious program has turned out some very innovative projects over the past three years and has really helped move forward open source platforms.