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With week 2 and week 3 focused upon exploring various scholarships and internship opportunities and applying for them, week 4 was aimed at exploring the open source. This week I worked upon learning about what exactly is the concept of open source and FOSS. I gathered information regarding various events and programs initiated by various companies and organisations to encourage people contribute in the open source. I came to know about events like Hacktoberfest for beginners in open source from my mentor. Apart from that she helped me in exploring features like pull requests, branching and forking. It was nice to have my doubts resolved about various things. Here’s a listing of things I learned this week-           What is open source? Open source is basically refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible. It revolves around the concept of freely sharing technical information so that it may be improved by people...

With a mind ‘blogging’ first week at the Women Who Code Delhi Mentorship program, it is time for week 2 and 3 updates. The second week was focussed on exploring various internship opportunities for ourselves. Internship holds importance with providing the student with a practical learning and industrial experience. They give us our first job, our first impression of the industry, and our first earnings. So as many of us wonder how do I get my first Internship; how do I contact people in the industry to give me an opportunity; or how can I find a suitable job matching my interests? That is why our week 2 at this mentorship program was based on learning about various internship opportunities. As before, I had a call with my mentor Stuti mam wherein we discussed various domains in which I can apply for. As she is, too, from electronics background it was good having to talk about it with her. She also forwarded a few job openings to me so I could apply for them. Apart from that, we h...

We all work hard to get what we need. We work hard to earn a good job, to get good grades, to complete the next project on the list. And sometimes we are paid off for this hard work in terms of awards, prizes or scholarships. Scholarships are something every student aspires for. Getting a scholarship embarks a medal on the chest for the work they have done. But what scholarships program can I apply for? Well, here is a comprehensive list of the various scholarship programs available in STEM(know more about STEM from here- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics ). Have a look over it and jot down the next one to apply for on your list. ·        SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR ALL - Now, there are various scholarship programs for International students worldwide. These may include scholarships for tuition fees for selected graduation, post-graduation and PhD programs in the Universities of USA, UK, CANADA, JAPAN et...

Spending your first salary or saving it for the day, the internships are where we all start our journey. They give us our first job, our first impression of the industry, and our first earnings. So as many of us wonder how do I get my first Internship; how do I contact people in the industry to give me an opportunity; or how can I find a suitable job matching my interests? Well, the answer lies somewhere in this blog. From bulky salaries to ample learning opportunities the industry has it all, you just need to know where and how to look for them. Finding your first job/internship might be difficult for you but if you have things ready on time you can list down a hundreds’ of them. Let’s begin. So, the first step is to build an informative and appealing resume. A resume is the most important thing that you will need while applying for a job. It represents you and all your work to the recruiter and forms the basis of your first impression to the recruiters. Often, shortlisting of ...