OpenOffice.org announces Summer Internship Programme

OpenOffice.org announces Summer Internship Programme

Mentors will guide students through OpenOffice.org development
Bounties up to 3.500 EUR per enhancement and bug fix

The OpenOffice.org Community today announced the launch of its Summer 
Internship Programme. Students from all over the world are invited to 
take their first steps in OpenOffice.org development. A cash bounty up 
to 3.500 EUR per enhancement or bug fix is available. Participants will 
benefit by learning from experienced mentors from the worldwide 
community, gaining valueable skills -- not to mention the opportunity of 
coding for millions of users worldwide.

Mathias Bauer, a lead developer of OpenOffice.org, says, "We think that 
working on OpenOffice.org is real fun. On the other hand, we kow that 
it's also a challenge for new developers. But skilled students who have 
mastered the first steps together with their mentor, will have a great 
opportunity to work on interesting features in one of the biggest and 
most important open source projects."

Cor Nouws, member of the OpenOffice.org Community Council, adds: 
"OpenOffice.org is an exciting and challenging project. From our 
experience, we know that interested students can learn lots of cool 
stuff. Implementing a feature for millions of users worldwide is a 
perfect reference for your resume -- and something you can be really 
proud of!"

The Summer Internship Programme follows the community's previous 
bug-bounty programmes that have been successfully organized in the past. 
It runs from May 31st to October 31st and accepted students are required 
to work full-time for a period of about three months on their project.

Space is limited, so students are encouraged to apply for the programme now!


Contacts

Florian Effenberger (UTC +01h00)
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +49 8341 99660880
Mobile: +49 151 14424108
Skype: floeff | Twitter: @floeff

Louis Suárez-Potts (UTC -04h00)
OpenOffice.org Community Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (416) 625-3843

International contacts are available at 
http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html


Links

OpenOffice.org Summer Internship Programme: 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Internship
Project Proposals: 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Internship/ProjectProposals