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How Open Source helped me get into the GitHub Octernships program.

Divyansh Singh on August 02, 2023

When I first got to know about the GitHub Octernships program, I was surprised by its focus on open source software and real-world software develop...
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Gideon

Amazing stuff bro.
I have a question to ask. Are there open source projects for machine learning and data science that someone can participate to become an octern???

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Divyansh Singh

Great time to ask this! There's an ML-based Octernship that's accepting applicants currently, github.com/GitHub-Octernships/Ivy-.... To apply, you can check out the Octernship website.

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amritkumar86

good stuff bro.
i want to ask . are there any opensource projects for android native development. so i can participate to become octern

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Divyansh Singh

I don't think there's one being offered right now, but keep an eye on the octernships dashboard and one might come up!

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Sanchay • Edited

Yea I recently applied for the IVY octernship and I am very confused on what to do , can you guide me a littile more?
Can we talk 1-1 for like 5-10 mins on any platform?

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Divyansh Singh • Edited

You can reach out to me on Linkedin :D linkedin.com/in/diivi/

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Sanchay

Just did :)

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Gideon

Thank you divyansh.
Just checked it out but the submission date/deadline was just few days ago💔. Would be on the look out for more
Thank you once again 😊🤲🏿❤️

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Divyansh Singh

I talked to the Octernship team, the date mentioned in the README was incorrect, it has been fixed! You still have enough time, good luck!

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Gideon

Thank you so much❤️❤️❤️

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Chaitanya Tandon

Looking forward to the next one ✨

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Divyansh Singh

I'm sure you'll get selected too!

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Chaitanya Tandon

Thanks! Hoping for the same 🤞🏻

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Schemetastic (Rodrigo)

Hello! Welcome to de Dev Community, thanks for sharing your experience with us!

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Shivansh Singh

Congratulations on being selected as a GitHub Octern! Your journey inspired me to start doing open source.

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Ashwin Kumar Uppala

Quite the journey, Congratulations Divyansh 🎉

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Divyansh Singh

Thanks Ashwin, appreciate the support and knowledge I get from the GitHub team!

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Aryaman Sharma

This has inspired me to do open source 💛

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Nick Taylor

Congrats again on becoming an Octern!

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Devina Bhatnagar

Really enjoyed reading this!

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Brian Douglas

This was a great story. Enjoying the work you are putting out and hope this article inspires more future Octerns!

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abhishek soni

Divyansh GOAT 🤌🔥🔥

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Hide Shidara

Convgrats!

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Sayantan Mondal

All the best for your Octernship!

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Kennedy Ekanem

Great stuff! 👍🏼

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overFlow

great one. On to part 2

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imtimmeta

That's the way to do it! Congrats!

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Aryan Sethia

Inspiring...

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Isa Bensusan

Love this!

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Sogo Jonathan

This is amazing I'm motivated to do more.

The long read was worth it...

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Dong Lee

This is a great story! Inspiring..