Inquiry About Google Summer of Code with Python
Dear GSoC Python Team, I hope you're doing well. My name is Sohan Suchdev, and I am an 18-year-old student in Year 13 in the UK. This autumn, I will be starting my undergraduate studies in Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) at Imperial College London. I am very interested in applying for Google Summer of Code with Python. However, I understand that many applicants may have advanced experience, such as master's-level education. While I may not have the same level of experience, I am highly dedicated and a fast learner, with programming experience in Python and Java. Would it still be worth applying if I can demonstrate my ability to quickly adapt and contribute effectively? I would greatly appreciate any guidance or advice you might have for someone in my position. Best regards, Sohan Suchdev
Welcome! I'll jump right in, it honestly won't hurt to apply. A lot of getting into GSoC isn't inherently about fundamental skill, it also plays into communication, interactions and a host of other things. I wouldn't inherently go after something that seems ridiculously hard to you, but it's worth looking around at the ideas pages. Speaking of, The Python GSoC organization acts as an umbrella for some smaller organizations. If you head over to our ideas page at https://python-gsoc.org/ideas.html you'll find a list of entities that are working with us directly this year. Each of them has a link to their respective ideas pages, and information on how to contact them. Ultimately you want to find something you want to do, and go and start chatting with the organization that's doing that. When applications open on the 24th make sure to get your application in the Google system. You'll have till April 8th, but you want to get it in sooner than later. Do up as detailed a proposal on what you want to work on with that org and that should get you in the pool for consideration for this year. Thanks! - John 'Warthog9' Hawley On 3/13/2025 1:36 PM, Sohan Suchdev via GSoC-general wrote:
Dear GSoC Python Team,
I hope you're doing well. My name is Sohan Suchdev, and I am an 18-year- old student in Year 13 in the UK. This autumn, I will be starting my undergraduate studies in Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) at Imperial College London.
I am very interested in applying for Google Summer of Code with Python. However, I understand that many applicants may have advanced experience, such as master's-level education. While I may not have the same level of experience, I am highly dedicated and a fast learner, with programming experience in Python and Java. Would it still be worth applying if I can demonstrate my ability to quickly adapt and contribute effectively?
I would greatly appreciate any guidance or advice you might have for someone in my position.
Best regards,
Sohan Suchdev
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Admin and GSoC alumni here. I’ll mirror what John has said. As a young CS student it can be daunting, but I wasn’t a CS student when I participated. The goal is for you to find a project that fits *both* ways: one where your skills are useful and where you can learn. The ultimate goal is to help you grow as a developer, have something fantastic on your CV, benefit the project, and grow open source all at once. You are graded on your communication, progress, and management of a project. Failure of the project isn’t failure for you as long as you and your mentor can work things out as to what the final product should look like. Sent from a mobile device.
On Mar 13, 2025, at 4:04 PM, John 'Warthog9' Hawley <warthog9@eaglescrag.net> wrote:
Welcome! I'll jump right in, it honestly won't hurt to apply. A lot of getting into GSoC isn't inherently about fundamental skill, it also plays into communication, interactions and a host of other things. I wouldn't inherently go after something that seems ridiculously hard to you, but it's worth looking around at the ideas pages. Speaking of, The Python GSoC organization acts as an umbrella for some smaller organizations. If you head over to our ideas page at
https://python-gsoc.org/ideas.html
you'll find a list of entities that are working with us directly this year. Each of them has a link to their respective ideas pages, and information on how to contact them. Ultimately you want to find something you want to do, and go and start chatting with the organization that's doing that. When applications open on the 24th make sure to get your application in the Google system. You'll have till April 8th, but you want to get it in sooner than later. Do up as detailed a proposal on what you want to work on with that org and that should get you in the pool for consideration for this year.
Thanks!
- John 'Warthog9' Hawley
On 3/13/2025 1:36 PM, Sohan Suchdev via GSoC-general wrote: Dear GSoC Python Team, I hope you're doing well. My name is Sohan Suchdev, and I am an 18-year- old student in Year 13 in the UK. This autumn, I will be starting my undergraduate studies in Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) at Imperial College London. I am very interested in applying for Google Summer of Code with Python. However, I understand that many applicants may have advanced experience, such as master's-level education. While I may not have the same level of experience, I am highly dedicated and a fast learner, with programming experience in Python and Java. Would it still be worth applying if I can demonstrate my ability to quickly adapt and contribute effectively? I would greatly appreciate any guidance or advice you might have for someone in my position. Best regards, Sohan Suchdev _______________________________________________ GSoC-general mailing list GSoC-general@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/gsoc-general
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Thank you to you both so much. Your words genuinely have encouraged me so much to apply. I usually am all for taking a challenge, but this really seemed like I was out my depth and wouldn't be able to do, but with your advice I really feel motivated and I'll apply even just for the learning experience. On Fri, 14 Mar 2025, 00:59 Morgan Gangwere, <morgan.gangwere@gmail.com> wrote:
Admin and GSoC alumni here.
I’ll mirror what John has said. As a young CS student it can be daunting, but I wasn’t a CS student when I participated. The goal is for you to find a project that fits *both* ways: one where your skills are useful and where you can learn. The ultimate goal is to help you grow as a developer, have something fantastic on your CV, benefit the project, and grow open source all at once.
You are graded on your communication, progress, and management of a project. Failure of the project isn’t failure for you as long as you and your mentor can work things out as to what the final product should look like.
Sent from a mobile device.
On Mar 13, 2025, at 4:04 PM, John 'Warthog9' Hawley < warthog9@eaglescrag.net> wrote:
Welcome! I'll jump right in, it honestly won't hurt to apply. A lot of getting into GSoC isn't inherently about fundamental skill, it also plays into communication, interactions and a host of other things. I wouldn't inherently go after something that seems ridiculously hard to you, but it's worth looking around at the ideas pages. Speaking of, The Python GSoC organization acts as an umbrella for some smaller organizations. If you head over to our ideas page at
https://python-gsoc.org/ideas.html
you'll find a list of entities that are working with us directly this year. Each of them has a link to their respective ideas pages, and information on how to contact them. Ultimately you want to find something you want to do, and go and start chatting with the organization that's doing that. When applications open on the 24th make sure to get your application in the Google system. You'll have till April 8th, but you want to get it in sooner than later. Do up as detailed a proposal on what you want to work on with that org and that should get you in the pool for consideration for this year.
Thanks!
- John 'Warthog9' Hawley
On 3/13/2025 1:36 PM, Sohan Suchdev via GSoC-general wrote: Dear GSoC Python Team, I hope you're doing well. My name is Sohan Suchdev, and I am an 18-year- old student in Year 13 in the UK. This autumn, I will be starting my undergraduate studies in Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) at Imperial College London. I am very interested in applying for Google Summer of Code with Python. However, I understand that many applicants may have advanced experience, such as master's-level education. While I may not have the same level of experience, I am highly dedicated and a fast learner, with programming experience in Python and Java. Would it still be worth applying if I can demonstrate my ability to quickly adapt and contribute effectively? I would greatly appreciate any guidance or advice you might have for someone in my position. Best regards, Sohan Suchdev _______________________________________________ GSoC-general mailing list GSoC-general@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/gsoc-general
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John 'Warthog9' Hawley -
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Sohan Suchdev