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Open Mainframe Summer Internship

Remote Internships Intern

Open Mainframe Project is accepting eight student interns during the summer of 2018 to work in the Linux and Open Source on Mainframe development community. Each intern will work closely with a mentor for the duration of his/her internship. For a list of suggested intern development projects, please see our

Project Ideas Page. Internship development projects do not need to be limited to ideas on this wiki page. If you have a great idea for a development activity for Linux and Open Source on Mainframe, you can submit the idea as part of your application and, if chosen, the Open Mainframe Project Internship Administrator will find a suitable mentor for you.

Each intern will work remotely from his/her location of choice. There is no physical work facility provided or required.

The Open Mainframe Project will also give the ability for each intern successfully completing the program to present their project at an industry conference. The Open Mainframe Project will provide a stipend for travel for each student. To help support the student for presenting, the project will provide professional resources and training to help build their presentation skills.

Internship Proposals

Please submit your project proposal(s) by the application deadline (February 16th, 2018).

Your proposal should include the following:

The project you are proposing.
Why you’d like to execute on this particular project and the reason you’re the best individual to do so.
Details of your academic, industry and/or open source development experience, as well as other details as you see fit.
If you have worked on other open source projects, please provide pointers to the code you worked on / contributed.
An explanation of your development methodology.
Your contact information.
One or two references.

o Regardless of what you include in your proposal, we recommend you speak to the Open Mainframe Project and/or mentor you are applying to about what they are looking for in a proposal to give you the best chance of success in your proposal. Finally, please also include proof of current academic attendance (transcript, copy of student ID).

Key Dates

February 16th

2018 Application Submission Deadline

March 16th, 2018

Intern Acceptance Notifications Sent. Interns should begin research in their chosen project area to be ready to start bonding period.

US Schedule

April 30th – May 18th 2018

Intern/Mentor Bonding Period – Interns and Mentors get to know one another, interns read documentation, join in irc and mailing lists, and get comfortable with the other developers on the project.

May 21st, 2018

Internship Start Date – Interns provided a $500 stipend

June 22nd, 2017

Midterm Evaluations – Interns receiving a satisfactory evaluation are provided a $2,500 stipend

July 23rd – July 27th, 2018

Final week: Interns tidy code, write tests, improve documentation and submit their code sample.

July 30th – August 3rd, 2018

Mentors complete their student evaluations. Interns receiving a satisfactory evaluation are provided a $3,000 stipend.

TBD

Interns present their project at an industry conference

EU Schedule

June 11th – June 29th 2018

Intern/Mentor Bonding Period – Interns and Mentors get to know one another, interns read documentation, join in irc and mailing lists, and get comfortable with the other developers on the project.

July 2nd, 2018

Internship Start Date – Interns provided a $500 stipend

August 3rd, 2018

Midterm Evaluations – Interns receiving a satisfactory evaluation are provided a $2,500 stipend

September 3rd – September 7th, 2018

Final week: Interns tidy code, write tests, improve documentation and submit their code sample.

September 10th – September 14th, 2018

Mentors complete their student evaluations. Interns receiving a satisfactory evaluation are provided a $3,000 stipend.

TBD

Interns present their project at an industry conference

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Regards, Len