Help Find Students For Perl Projects In Google Summer Of Code 2008

(Following is Eric Wilhelm’s call for participation in Google Summer of Code.) — Andy

The Perl Foundation is participating in Google’s 2008 Summer of Code™and we have a lot of capable, willing mentors looking forward to workingwith some talented, driven students. So, we would like you to helpfind those students (and quickly — the students must apply beforeMarch 24th.)

This is a rare opportunity for students to get a chance to get a paidsummer of hacking on exciting projects like Parrot, Perl 6, Moose,Jifty, SVK, Catalyst, or their very own Perl modules or applications.It also brings new talent into the community and gives the student ahefty “real world” experience with a knowledgable mentor. Further,employers love to see this sort of demonstration of teamwork, handlingdeadlines, communication skills, resourcefulness and etc.

We’re looking for promising students who are interested in open source(or maybe you know someone who *should* be interested in open source.)Knowledge of Perl is optional if the project is Parrot-related. Thestudent doesn’t need to be an expert in the problem domain (after all,learning is part of the process), but should bring a big pile ofcreativity, problem-solving skills, and determination.

Students should reviewthe page of suggested projects,encouraged to bring their own proposals (those are often the best.)The most important first step is getting in touch with the communityand discussing their project idea with potential mentors.

Google has posted some flyers if you happen to have a universitybulletin board or hallway handy:
Additional info:

(Note that Google has particular requirements to do with the fact thatthey are paying the students. The student must be able to show theireligibility regarding enrollment and employability.)

Remember, the Perl community draws talent from many fields, so if youcame to Perl from a non-computer-science major and still have contactsin that department from your university, it is probably worthmentioning to them.

Please feel free to forward this to whoever may be interested.