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RailsGirls Summer of Code

RailsGirls Summer of Code wants to lower the barriers for Open Source community newbies to participate in projects. Just like in Google Summer of Code and Ruby Summer of Code, students will be paid so they're free to work on Open Source projects for a few months. Unlike those programs, the RailsGirls Summer of Code is not about creating sophisticated, high-end code that very few people code write, but rather cool small projects that are perfect for engaging newbies.

**If you run an Open Source project, get in touch with us! **

The ideal project for the Rails Girls Summer of code is something simple and cool you always wanted to have, but never got around to. In other words, it is not crucial to your project, but will still create excitement if it gets done. And it is simple enough that a beginner will be able to complete it in a time-frame of three months or less. It could be anything that helps you: Bug fixing, implementing smaller features, documentation, design, ... as long as it allows the student to both apply her experience and grow with the challenge. It will help if the project goal consists of several smaller sub-goals or follow-up goals that can be adjusted to the progress of the student.

Each project needs to provide a mentor, who will help the student get up to speed with the project and provide feedback.