Glad to see this is still going. I was sad to see CodeJam being shut down recently. We need more programs like GSoC and CJ as they encourage students to take a part of something great and contribute to the open source community.
My GSoC year was 2010 and it was definitely an amazing experience -- not just getting to meet and work alongside amazing community, but also to sharpen my software engineering skills, improve communication and have fun along the way.
If you're a student, please find something interesting you'd like to work on and apply! Find where the folks hang out and reach out to them! They'll be happy to help you get started! Back in the day we used irc.freenode.net as our communication hub for pretty much all OSS talk, but I am sure there are Slack or Discord servers now available for most projects.
My GSoC year was 2010 and it was definitely an amazing experience -- not just getting to meet and work alongside amazing community, but also to sharpen my software engineering skills, improve communication and have fun along the way.
If you're a student, please find something interesting you'd like to work on and apply! Find where the folks hang out and reach out to them! They'll be happy to help you get started! Back in the day we used irc.freenode.net as our communication hub for pretty much all OSS talk, but I am sure there are Slack or Discord servers now available for most projects.
Have fun!