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Congratulations on passing Google Summer of Code!
This is a great achievement and you should be very proud of everything you've
accomplished over the last 3+ months.
Your journey doesn't have to end here!
Now What?
Update your resume to include your work as a Google Summer of Code
student.
- Remember to say Google Summer of Code <year> participant with
<org name>. You were not a Google employee or intern, and must not
claim to be. Do not say so on your resume. A correct example: Google
Summer of Code 2025 participant with Apache
- Be sure to spell out Google Summer of Code, don't put GSoC - not everyone
knows what GSoC is!
- If you have been a student multiple times indicate that on your resume
too.
Keep working on your project. You worked hard all summer! Don't abandon
your project just because GSoC is over! One way to make sure that your
project stays alive is by maintaining it and adding new features. If there's
anything in (or not in) your code that's keeping you awake at night, you can
always work on that after the coding period ends.
Stay involved with your community. Your open source community can always
use a helping hand so find a way to keep contributing to the community. Orgs
may need folks to step up into advocacy roles, where you can talk about the
project to others. You can help fix (or create) onboarding documentation from
your personal experiences or help clean up documentation.
Attend a Meetup or Conference. A lot of organizations host opportunities
to speak at conferences throughout the year or attend one nearby or
virtually. Help organize an event, you spent 3.5 months working with this
open source community, now help others get excited too!
Talk to others about the importance of open source development. Be an
open source advocate at your academic institution, your high school, or tech
meetups in your local area.
Be a mentor and help others! Mentors who are former GSoC contributors are
often some of the most enthusiastic and dedicated.
Want to apply for a role at Google? If you are ready to apply for an
internship at Google, or once you graduate and wish to apply for a full time
role at Google, be sure to include your Google Summer of Code participation
on your resume.
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Last updated 2025-06-11 UTC.
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