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Ask HN: Where to find free/volunteer programming apprenticeship or mentoring?

1 pointsby blitblitblitover 4 years ago
I&#x27;ve done some online bootcamps, and made a few contributions to open source software projects. However, the quality of code on many of the projects I&#x27;ve contributed to is very sub par, and when I ask questions the developers they themselves don&#x27;t always understand how to fix it and are of little to no help on continuing education. I also do not feel the coding practices are up to commercial grade.<p>Are there any semi-professional open source projects that would help with mentoring? I am primarily interested in Python, C, and C++, and Golang but always open to trying new things.

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mtmailover 4 years ago
If you&#x27;re at university you can apply for this year&#x27;s <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;summerofcode.withgoogle.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;summerofcode.withgoogle.com&#x2F;</a> (paid remote internship).<p>Even if not <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;summerofcode.withgoogle.com&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2020&#x2F;organizations&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;summerofcode.withgoogle.com&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2020&#x2F;organizatio...</a> is a good list of organisations, pre-vetted by Google, to have run mentorship programs in the past, and&#x2F;or have projects set aside for longer participation. Click on the logos and each should have a link to their idea list, e.g. wikimedia <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mediawiki.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Google_Summer_of_Code&#x2F;2020" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mediawiki.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Google_Summer_of_Code&#x2F;2020</a> I wouldn&#x27;t expect 2021 projects to be online yet, more around March.