DEV is participating in the MLH Fellowship, Powered by GitHub

Today, the teams from Major League Hacking (MLH) and GitHub Education announced The MLH Fellowship, Powered by GitHub.

The Fellowship is a new kind of tech internship. It’s a 12-week program that provides “pods” of 8-10 students with the opportunity to level up their skills by working on Open Source. These students benefit from plenty of valuable support — not only from their fellow interns, but also through dedicated guidance of a full-time technical mentor.

As a fully-distributed company, we here at DEV have experienced firsthand the amazing opportunity created by being able to work with contributors and team members all across the world. The Fellowship provides a pathway for students around the globe to earn a stipend while spending 12 weeks making meaningful contributions to open-source projects.

DEV is absolutely honored to be joining the coalition of early partners supporting the MLH Fellowship, Powered by GitHub, joining leading companies like GitHub, Facebook, and the Royal Bank of Canada. We also feel incredibly lucky to be hosting a pod of students who will join to work on our own open-source project. Other open-source projects involved in the Fellowship included React and Homebrew. We are truly in great company, and we can’t wait to see all of the valuable technical contributions and fresh perspectives that these talented students bring to the projects and open-source ecosystem.

If you are a student that might be interested in applying, or an open-source project capable of getting involved, please check out the MLH Fellowship website for more information.

This is a wonderful program, and we’re so excited to be taking part.

Comments

[Kaustik]

Pls tell my application status for [e-mail] email id

[Haider]

Hello Jon Gottfried, I just have seen that MLH fellow application form updated there are more options related to education and reside. I submitted the old form Is it ok or I should re-submit my application?

[Nafiz Zaman]

Is there any specific criteria for selection? I have basic knowledge in programming. Can I apply and get selected?

[Sivakumars]

Hi, Are working professionals (who have been laid off) during this pandemic eligible to apply for this MLH fellowship? I think this is a good opportunity to work on open source projects in a consistent and systematic way

[Jasmin Virdi]

Hey Sivakumars,

You can apply here!
fellowship.mlh.io/mentors

[Ben Halpern The DEV Team]

@jonmarkgo do you have any details on how this applies with the rules?

[mohit]

Hello,
Are we expected to be profficient in framework or languages like Ruby on Rails, Objective-C etc....?

[Aayush-Jain]

This seems like a great opportunity for learning and diving into open source, especially for competitive programmers as it will help us in solving and dealing with real world problems with the help and guidance from industry professionals.

[Kai Chen]

This looks awesome! I've applied as a high school student that has done some open source stuff before. Shout out for making it accessible for all students!

[Shreya Gupta]

This is a great initiative!
Are we suppose to apply individually or in a group?

[Ben Halpern The DEV Team]

Individually... (I’m pretty sure)

[Shreya Gupta]

Thanks! :D
I am really looking forward to applying.

[Shreya Gupta]

This is a great initiative! :D
I had a doubt though, do we have to apply in a group or individual participation is allowed?

[Anna R Dunster]

This is great but unfortunately not open to people in the process of self-teaching. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to get similar experience in self-teaching? Are there open source projects that accept student interns, etc? I'm not sure how to even look for one at this point in the process.