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      <title>The clock is still ticking! You still got your chance!</title>
      <dc:creator>Ricardo Ferreira</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Frontend Challenge for Students &amp; Grads: Make Pianista Sing! (Cash Prizes + Internship)</title>
      <dc:creator>Ricardo Ferreira</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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  📣 Introduction:
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&lt;p&gt;**&lt;br&gt;
At VisionSpace Technologies, we build tools for space missions, secure data pipelines, and intelligent automation. Now, we’re opening one of those tools to the next generation of developers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We’re launching our first public challenge — and it’s for students and recent graduates who want to apply their frontend skills to something real, meaningful, and technically exciting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;**&lt;/p&gt;

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  🎯 The Challenge: "Make Pianista Sing"
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&lt;p&gt;**Design a simulated frontend interface for Pianista, our internal mission planning assistant.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You'll be working with a sample API and challenged to create a usable, intuitive UI that makes complex information simple to act on — just like real mission tools do.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;**&lt;/p&gt;

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  🔍 What You’ll Be Working With:
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Example API data from Pianista&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A functional spec describing core flows&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Freedom to design and build in your own tech stack&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Focus on usability, clarity, and creativity&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;**&lt;/p&gt;

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  🎁 What You Get:
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💸 Cash prizes for top entries&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;📜 Certificate of Participation&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🚀 Professional Erasmus+ internship opportunity in Portugal&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🛠️ Real-world project experience you can show on your portfolio&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;**&lt;/p&gt;

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  🧑‍🎓 Who Can Apply?
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Students and recent graduates in tech-related fields&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Residents of Europe (Erasmus+ eligible countries)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;**&lt;/p&gt;

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  📅 Timeline:
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&lt;p&gt;**&lt;br&gt;
Applications open now&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Deadline to apply: August 15&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🔗 How to Apply:&lt;br&gt;
Go here 👉 &lt;a href="https://visionspace.com/make-pianista-sing/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://visionspace.com/make-pianista-sing/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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