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Difficulty finding impactful software engineering summer experience

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A fourth-year software engineering student is struggling to decide on a summer activity to improve their resume after failing to secure a traditional internship.

Who's affected: A fourth-year software engineering student

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What people do today

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A curated platform matching students with high-impact, mentor-led open source tasks that count as professional experience.
  2. A marketplace for short-term, project-based 'micro-internships' that provide structured feedback and portfolio validation.
  3. A peer-led community program that facilitates group-based capstone projects to simulate professional team environments.
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Real voices

“I wasn't able to land an internship this summer, so I wanted to work on something interesting I want to do and impressive enough to replace one of my project in my resume but I can't decide which direction I want to go.”

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