From 4832d34821c4614352825edc0b3b26c8bb566467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Abbott Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:53:57 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add a bit of discussion of GSoC. --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 5483f68a6a..c081e83c83 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -251,6 +251,26 @@ selection criteria for interns above. Most of our interns end up sticking around the project long-term, and many quickly become core team members. We hope you apply! +### Google Summer of Code + +GSoC is by far the largest of our internship programs (we had 14 GSoC +students in summer 2017). While we don't control how many slots +Google allocates to Zulip, we hope to mentor a similar number of +students in 2018. + +If you're reading this well before the application and deadling and +want to make your application strong, we recommend getting involved in +the community and fixing issues in Zulip now. Since the most +important part of your application is your contributors, building a +reputation for doing good work is best way to spend time now on having +a strong application. About half of Zulip's GSoC students for Summer +2017 had made significant contributions to the project by February +2017 (and about half did not!). Our +[GSoC guide from last year][gsoc-2017] is mostly still accurate (with +the exception that many of the project ideas are now completed). + +[gsoc-2017]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip.github.io/blob/master/gsoc-ideas.md + ## Zulip Outreach **Upvoting Zulip**. Upvotes and reviews make a big difference in the public