# Google Summer of Code Discussion (Deadline extended!)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-summer-of-code-discussion-deadline-extended/133638>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 2, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-summer-of-code-discussion-deadline-extended/133638 "2008-04-02T06:27:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_McAnally](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@Jeremy\_McAnally](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeremy_McAnally)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-summer-of-code-discussion-deadline-extended/133638/1 "2008-04-02T06:27:51Z")

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Hello,  
Others have mentioned the Google Summer of Code program before, but as  
we reach the point of picking projects, I wanted to start another  
thread to open the floor for questions, concerns, and suggestions. If  
you have any questions and such, then please reply here.

Now, the recruiting pitch. 🙂

If you’re a university/college student of any sort (that means full or  
part time, undergraduate/bachelor’s or graduate/master’s or  
postgraduate/PhD) and want to spend your summer writing Ruby for $$$,  
then PLEASE submit a proposal to Ruby Central’s Google Summer of Code  
project here: [Home | Google Summer of Code](http://code.google.com/soc)

You get paid $4,500, you earn Ruby Central $500, and you get to work  
on ANY OPEN SOURCE PROJECT of your choosing for a whole summer (so  
long as a mentor chooses it). How could you go wrong? It’s not a  
free ride (Chad F. was my mentor when I was a student, and he was  
tough! :P), but it’s a great way to get involved with OSS Ruby work,  
work closely with an experienced Ruby programmer, and earn some cash  
in the process.

Also, if you have any questions about being a student in the program,  
feel free to contact me directly here or on IRC (my nick is  
mrneighborly). I was a student last year and it was a great  
experience for me and I think it yielded some really useful software  
(one could say the same of Greg Brown’s project the year before, and  
many others…).

–Jeremy

–  
[http://jeremymcanally.com/](http://jeremymcanally.com/)  
[http://entp.com](http://entp.com)

Read my books:  
Ruby in Practice ([Ruby in Practice](http://manning.com/mcanally/))  
My free Ruby e-book ([http://humblelittlerubybook.com/](http://humblelittlerubybook.com/))

Or, my blogs:

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[http://rubyinpractice.com](http://rubyinpractice.com)