Open Source Internships to Grow Your Career

April is internship month, and if you’re looking for a practical way to build your open source career skills, internships provide unique opportunities to get started.

In a previous article, we looked at various summer of code-style programs that provide opportunities to learn and engage with open source projects and communities, including: 

• GirlScript: Summer of Code
• Google Summer of Code
• Google Season of Docs 
• Outreachy
• Season of KDE 
• X.Org: Endless Vacation of Code 

And, this article from FOSSlife includes even more internships to check out, including many paid student opportunities:

• Academy Software Foundation Summer Learning Program — Enables underrepresented individuals to learn about technical careers in visual effects and animation.
• Amazon student internships — Available globally and typically lasting 12-16 weeks. 
• CERN Short-Term Internship — Open year-round to students worldwide. 
• GitHub Octernships — Fully remote internships open to students in Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• Igalia Coding Experience Program — A grant program for people studying computer science, IT, or free software.

Be sure to review the timelines, rules of eligibility, and codes of conduct for any project that interests you.

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