Re: FreeBSD Student Opportunities

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Any pointers to a web page about your expertise might help. Anything on
what interests you and why you believe FreeBSD is what you want to pursue.
I believe GSOC is a good start.

On Wed, 9 Mar, 2022, 02:48 Jake Freeland, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am currently a freshman majoring in computer science at the University
> of Minnesota. I've been actively maintaining at-home FreeBSD and other
> UNIX-like servers for years now, and I have recently started researching
> and tinkering with operating system development. Although I am certainly a
> beginner, I have already fallen in love with low-level programming and I am
> eager to experience what it's like to work on a large-scale team.
>
> On all the UNIX-like systems that I have worked with, I always find myself
> leaving the Linux world and coming back to BSD. I run FreeBSD on my desktop
> and I can attest to the cleanliness of the operating system itself and the
> user-friendliness that comes with the documentation.
>
> Over the last month I've contemplated writing this email, but I figured it
> would not hurt to ask. Are there any potential internship opportunities
> available among developers of FreeBSD?
>
> I would love to provide a resume and talk to a team member about my
> experience. I hope we can sort something out here. I am extremely excited
> to take my passion to the next level.
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Jake Freeland
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">Any pointers to a web page about your expertise might hel=
p. Anything on what interests you and why you believe FreeBSD is what you w=
ant to pursue. I believe GSOC is a good start.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, 9 Mar, 2022, 02:48 Ja=
ke Freeland, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">jake@technol=
ogyfriends.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helveti=
ca,sans-serif">Hi there,</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-fa=
mily:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" sty=
le=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I am currently a freshman maj=
oring in computer science at the University of Minnesota. I&#39;ve been act=
ively maintaining=C2=A0at-home FreeBSD and other UNIX-like servers for=C2=
=A0years now, and I have recently started researching and tinkering with op=
erating system development. Although I am certainly a beginner, I have alre=
ady fallen in love with low-level programming and I am eager to=C2=A0experi=
ence what it&#39;s=C2=A0like to work on a large-scale team.</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-s=
erif">On all the UNIX-like systems that I have worked with, I always find m=
yself leaving the Linux world and coming back to BSD. I run FreeBSD on my d=
esktop and I can attest to the cleanliness of the operating system itself a=
nd the user-friendliness=C2=A0that comes with the documentation.</div><div =
class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b=
r></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,s=
ans-serif">Over the last=C2=A0month=C2=A0I&#39;ve contemplated writing this=
 email, but I figured it would not hurt to ask. Are there any potential int=
ernship opportunities available among developers of FreeBSD?</div><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></=
div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-=
serif">I would love to provide a resume and talk to a team member about my =
experience. I hope we can sort something out here. I am extremely=C2=A0exci=
ted to take my passion to the next level.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default"=
 style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class=3D"g=
mail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you fo=
r your time,</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,h=
elvetica,sans-serif">Jake Freeland</div></div>
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