What’s so special about Google Summer of Code?

Written By
JWH
Jen Wike Huger
Apr 9, 2015

The program celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary last year, so if you haven’t heard of it, maybe you live under a rock? As you’ll see in this interview, the program’s not only continuing on into a new decade, it’s thriving. So, what the big deal? In this interview, I ask the current GSoC manager some tough questions to find out.

JWH

Jen Wike Huger

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