Outreachy offers open source and open science internships. Outreachy offers internships to persons who are vulnerable to systematic bias and are underrepresented in the technological field where they live.
Outreach internships include:
- Paid - total internship stipend of $7,000 USD
- Interns and mentors both work from home.
- 3 months - internships are available from May to August or December to March.
- Open Source Diversity Support
Outreachy is a Software Freedom Conservancy diversity effort.
Outreachy's mission is to enhance open source variety.
Time Commitment for Internship
During your internship, your major attention should be on your project. Unless local regulations prohibit it, you should devote 30 hours per week to your project for at least one week throughout the Outreachy internship's 13-week term.
Outreachy realizes that interns' work on their projects may be interrupted for a short time. It's possible that you'll get sick or have to cope with bad weather. There might be a power or internet outage. It's possible that your PC will fail. During a holiday or vacation, you may wish to spend time with your family.
We anticipate interns to work 30 hours per week for at least 12 weeks of the 13-week internship, as indicated above. If you will be away from the project for an extended length of time, please notify your mentor.
Interns seldom work less than full-time or are unable to work for the whole 12-week period. In that circumstance, interns will need to work with their mentors to extend their internship. At the initial, mid-point, and final feedback dates, mentors propose interns for extensions. Interns and mentors will be notified of the extension through email via Outreachy organizers.
Internships can be prolonged for up to a five-week period. Internships are limited to a maximum of 5 weeks. We can't enable an internship to be terminated and then resumed later.
When an internship is prolonged, the feedback and payment deadlines are pushed back by the amount of the extension.
Expectations of Mentors
Mentors who are outgoing should give the following:
• A project to work on with the intern
• Mentoring for 5 hours each week, which includes answering questions, reviewing contributions, and meeting with interns.
• At least once a week, a real-time meeting - by real-time chat, video conference, or phone
• Contribution review that is detailed and timely - if a mentor is unable to offer a contribution review, they must locate community members who can.
• Interns will be given advice on how to work in an open-source community.
• Interns are given time management advice.
Please inform the Outreachy organizers if your mentor is not fulfilling the aforementioned requirements.
When an internship is prolonged, the feedback and payment deadlines are pushed back by the amount of the extension.
Mentors at Outreachy are committed to assisting interns in completing their projects. Mentors are not expected to give career advice or assistance in interacting with the greater open source community. Please check the section on career advancement below.
Advancement of your career
We're aiming to improve the career development services we provide interns at Outreachy. We now have a relatively restricted number of options for professional advancement:
• Examine your resume
• Encouragement to have educational talks with open source specialists during the internship's ninth week.
An internship with Outreachy does not guarantee you a job with an Outreachy sponsor. Some applicants choose their internship to network with open source contributors who work for a certain firm. You could, however, wind yourself collaborating with open source contributors who are either volunteers or employees of other firms.
Regardless of who they work for, outreachy interns should be open to networking and collaborating with all open source participants.
Payments
Interns at Outreachy are paid a total of $7,000 USD for three months of labor. The stipend is distributed in two installments:
• A $3,000 start-up stipend
• A final stipend of $4,000
After the organizers obtain positive feedback from the project mentor, the stipend is provided. To be compensated, interns must complete tax forms (either a W8-BEN or a W-9) and sign them. The initial payment may be delayed if tax forms or payment routing information are submitted after the tax form deadline.
May internships payment schedule:
May 30--Internships start
June 6 --Feedback #1 due
July 4 --Feedback #2 due
July 10 --$3000 stipend will be issued to interns with successful feedback #1
Aug. 22 --Feedback #3 feedback due
TBD --Feedback #4 feedback due
Aug. 24 --$4000 stipend will be issued to interns with successful feedback #3
Aug. 26 --Internships end
Dec internships payment schedule:
Dec. 6 -- Internships starts
Dec. 13 -- Feedback #1 due
Jan. 10 -- Feedback #2 due
Jan. 20 -- $3000 stipend will be issued to interns with successful feedback #1
March 4 -- Feedback #3 feedback due
TBD --Feedback #4 feedback due
March 4 --$4000 stipend will be issued to interns with successful feedback #3
March 4 --Internships end
Blogging
Interns are obliged to blog about their internship every two weeks.
The Outreachy organizers will send out email prompts for blog posts. Interns will have two weeks to produce the blog post after receiving the email. It's fine if an intern falls behind on blog postings; they can be published up to a week later. Otherwise, move on to the most current blog post prompt and write a blog post.
Blogging schedule
The Outreachy organizers will send blog prompts on the following dates:
May 30 -- Blog prompt: "Introduce yourself"
June 13 -- Blog prompt: "Everybody struggles"
June 27 -- Blog prompt: "Think about your audience"
July 11 -- Mid-point project progress blog post
July 25 -- Blog prompt: "Career opportunities"
Aug. 8 -- No blog post - interns work on their resume
Aug. 22 -- Final project progress blog post
Dec. 6 -- Blog prompt: "Introduce yourself"
Dec. 20 -- Blog prompt: "Everybody struggles"
Jan. 3 -- Blog prompt: "Think about your audience"
Jan. 17 -- Mid-point project progress blog post
Jan. 31 -- Blog prompt: "Career opportunities"
Feb. 14 -- No blog post - interns work on their resume
Feb. 28 -- Final project progress blog post
Week 1 of the blog: Introduce yourself
prompt for a blog
You should include the following in your first internship blog post:
1. Make an introduction.
2. Choose 1-3 key principles and explain why they matter to you.
3. Explain why you decided to apply to Outreachy.
The suggested length of a blog post may be found in the blog faq.
the most important values
- Personality qualities such as core values are significant. When making decisions, your core beliefs serve as a motivator. The following is a list of basic values.
- If Outreachy organiser Sage Sharp was asked to describe their basic ideals, they would say:
- "Curiosity, development, and compassion are three of my key principles.
- Curiosity is something I appreciate. I'm constantly curious about how things function. I'm also interested in why things are designed the way they are.
- I want to optimise and enhance it after I understand how and why it works. That is why I place a high priority on development. I want to improve myself as a person. I want to contribute to making the world a better place.
- Compassion is something I appreciate as well. I wish to help others and understand them. I'm always interested in hearing about other people's lives."
- Sage's values may not be the same as yours. Perhaps you're ambitious, want to be a leader, and want to have an impact on others. Perhaps you place a high importance on security, loyalty, and stability. That's fantastic! Write about the basic values that are important to you.
- Choose one to three basic values. Discuss why they are significant to you.
FAQ on Blogging
Q- What is the best place for me to start a blog?
ANS- The organizers of Outreachy propose starting a blog with free software. WordPress or Dreamwidth are our recommendations.
- Using static site generators to construct your own blog might be enticing. Interns, on the other hand, frequently spend more time setting their blogs than working on their assignments.
- The use of proprietary social media sites like Medium or Tumblr is not recommended by Outreachy organizers. It's OK if your community already has a Medium blog and wants you to submit progress reports there. You will, however, require your own blog to publish further articles.
- Please update your profile at https://www.outreachy.org/account/ to include a link to both your blog's URL and RSS feed. You may choose either the complete blog feed or a particular feed to be aggregated in the RSS feed. Some interns include the RSS feed for their "outreach" tag on their blog, allowing them to talk about personal topics as well.
Q- How long should it take to compose a blog post?
ANS-It's not necessary for blog postings to be flawless! The post should not take more than 1-3 hours to complete. It's possible that your mid-point and final project progress blog postings will take longer than the others. Working on your internship assignment should take precedence over blogging.
Q- I'm not sure how much I should write.
ANS- A reasonable rule of thumb for blog entries is that they should take between 3 and 5 minutes to read. If it takes longer, you might want to split it up into many blog entries.
Q- What if I don't want to write a blog post in response to the prompt?
ANS- That's all right! The blog post prompts are intended to provide writing inspiration for interns. Write something else if you don't like the blog post prompt or it doesn't relate to you. Instead, you may provide an update on your project's status. You might also discuss a problem you're having. You might also show off a new tool or talent you've learned. Alternatively, you may discuss what it's like to work in a free software community.
Instead of utilizing the blog post prompts, if your mentor has a different topic in mind, you can blog about it.
You must continue to blog every two weeks. The purpose is to discuss your internship experiences as well as your project progress. Even a little update (one or two paragraphs) is beneficial.
Q- Is it necessary for me to respond to all of the blog post prompt questions?
ANS- A set of questions is frequently included in the blog post prompts. You are not required to respond to all of the prompt's questions. You may pick and select whatever questions appeal to you the most. The idea is to motivate you to create a blog post rather than to tell you what you should write about.
Q- What is the best way to market my blog?
ANS- You are welcome to use Twitter to share a link to your blog. We'll RT your post if you tag @outreachy. It's preferable if you add a description of your blog post that someone unfamiliar with Outreachy may understand.
Examples:
• If you're looking for a "Do you want to do a remote internship using free software? Read about how I got a @outreachy internship with Public Lab in my blog post: URL "..
• If you're looking for an "On PROJECT, I'm a @outreachy intern with Wikimedia. More about my problems throughout my first three weeks may be found here: URL"
• If you're looking for a "My Debian internship with @outreachy is half-completed! Take a look at the work I've made on PROJECT: URL to see how far I've come ".
Inquire with your mentor about alternative community forums where you might submit your blog articles. Some communities compile all of their members' blog postings into a single page. To be featured on the community blog aggregate page, your blog may need to have an RSS feed.
Interns, mentors, and alums are interviewed.
On the secret Outreachy Zulip chat server, Outreachy interns, mentors, and alums will enjoy a casual conversation every two weeks. The purpose of these discussions is to encourage interns to form bonds with one another.
We urge you to be open and honest about your experiences. No one will condemn you since we're all learning. If you're shy, we highly urge you to join. You could meet new people or join a new support group!
Due to your time zone, you may be unable to participate in the discussion. If that's the case, go ahead and read through the log and leave a comment afterward.
Once interns are announced, they will be invited to the Outreachy Zulip chat. In a week, the login will expire. Please contact the Outreachy organizers if you require another invitation.
Chat schedule
May 31 Tips for remote work
June 14 Share something you're stuck on
June 28 Open source conferences (Alums invited!)
July 12 Share one "easy" project goal that took longer than expected
July 26 Advancing your career (Alums invited!)
Aug. 9 Networking skills
Aug. 23 Internship wrap up chat
Dec. 7 Tips for remote work
Dec. 21 Share something you're stuck on
Jan. 4 Open source conferences (Alums invited!)
Jan. 18 Share one "easy" project goal that took longer than expected
Feb. 1 Advancing your career (Alums invited!)
Feb. 15 Networking skills
March 1 Internship wrap up chat
Week 1's chat: Remote Work Tips
We'll be discussing how to work productively from home! Many interns (and some mentors) will be unfamiliar with working remotely. This is your chance to find out more information.
We encourage everyone who is new to remote collaboration to share their concerns and questions. We welcome folks who have worked remotely before to answer questions and offer advice.
This discussion might encompass the following topics:
• distant communication that is effective
• how to deal with different time zones
• how to do a daily stand-up
• What may interns and mentors anticipate from a weekly video or phone chat?
• tools for effective collaboration
• preparing your work environment and timetable
• a healthy work-life balance
Week 5 chat: Open source conferences
Open source conferences are the topic of this week's talk.
We'll talk about open source conferences. Free software and open-source culture thrive on conferences and events!
Come to our conversation if you've never gone to an open-source conference before and want to learn more. Come to our discussion if you've attended an open-source conference before and want to share your experiences and advice.
This discussion might encompass the following topics:
• what you can get from attending a conference
The lingo and vocabularies used in conferences
• a variety of event formats to choose from
• money to pay the cost of the conference and travel
• Exhibitor booths, hackathons/sprints, "birds of a feather" sessions, and "hallway track" are all methods to network during conferences.
• several types of conference presentations: lightning talks, short talks, tutorials, the "request for proposals/speakers" procedure, and new speaker coaching
Anyone who has attended an open-source conference is invited to contribute their advice on how to get the most out of them. Anyone may provide information about open source conferences that they are aware of.
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