Re: FreeBSD Student Opportunities

I just added another GSoC project idea to the list that would be good
for a beginner with a little bit of Python experience.
https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#PJDFSTest_rewrite

On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 10:33 PM brian <brian@sonicboom.org> wrote:
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> Because of its licensing, FreeBSD is actually used in a lot of commercial apps. I do not have any first hand knowledge of openings currently, but searching indeed or other job boards for freebsd gives some matches.
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> Brian
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> On 3/8/2022 1:18 PM, Jake Freeland wrote:
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> Hi there,
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> I am currently a freshman majoring in computer science at the University of Minnesota. I've been actively maintaining at-home FreeBSD and other UNIX-like servers for years now, and I have recently started researching and tinkering with operating system development. Although I am certainly a beginner, I have already fallen in love with low-level programming and I am eager to experience what it's like to work on a large-scale team.
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> On all the UNIX-like systems that I have worked with, I always find myself leaving the Linux world and coming back to BSD. I run FreeBSD on my desktop and I can attest to the cleanliness of the operating system itself and the user-friendliness that comes with the documentation.
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> Over the last month I've contemplated writing this email, but I figured it would not hurt to ask. Are there any potential internship opportunities available among developers of FreeBSD?
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> I would love to provide a resume and talk to a team member about my experience. I hope we can sort something out here. I am extremely excited to take my passion to the next level.
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> Thank you for your time,
> Jake Freeland