If you are a company in Wellington and need some cheap labour (don’t worry Students, you are paid very well.  Government helps out here) over the summer on some R&D then get involved in Summer of Code. Check out some information here.

Why Summer of Code?

1. There is smart young talent in our Universities that are struggling to make a living.
2. There is plenty of R&D opportunities that New Zealand IT companies need exploit to get through this recession.
3. Job Agencies don’t care about you, there care about themselves.  Summer of Code is about you.
4. Summer of Code is about you.  You learning, gaining experience, getting contacts.
5. Summer of Code is win win.  You win, Businesses win, New Zealand wins.

Head over to Summer of Code and sign up!  Why are you still reading? Students Sign-up Here.

What do you get?

1. Free stuff.  Bags, hats, t-shirts.  Thats right, free stuff.
2. Free talks.  Smart people in the industry come to talk to you.
3. Free Seminars.  Smart people teaching you real solutions to real problems.  You gets hands on experience with real world technologies, not just the made up University ones!
4. Did I say FREE SEMINARS! Yes.  These are worth joining the program alone.  Of course the well paid job experience is good too.

Who runs this whole shebang?  [person: John Clegg] of [business:ProjectX Technology] runs [business:Summer of Code].  He is a great guy, get into the program and you’ll get to meet him.  He has helped me tremendously with my career and I know many many others.  He has been in the industry long enough to know what you need to do to get where you want to get.  No Job Agency is going to help you in the way Summer of Code will help.

Get in there, get signed up!  Get a job!