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Summer of Code

Education, Education, Internship, Ict Internship Wellington

Summer of Code 09 (SoC) is a non-profit programme that creates job opportunities for students in
innovative companies over the summer holidays. We help to accelerate the students learning and
experience by providing seminars and workshops from a range of the top IT in New Zealand.

Vision for Summer of Code

We have a strong vision for the future of Summer of Code. Here are our long term goals:

• Become _the_ training programme for IT students in New Zealand.
• Create stronger links between universities and industry.
• Encourage ICT as a career to students.
• Build a smarter graduate pool for the future.
• Promote Wellington and New Zealand as a technology destination for students.

Objectives of Summer of Code

Every year the Summer of Code programme aims to:

• Showcase innovative businesses as career options.
• Help innovative companies find talented students.
• Accelerate students’ learning and experience through the internship and seminars.
• Help boost Research & Development projects within companies.

http://www.summerofcode.co.nz

Latest Summer of Code Blog Posts

Wellington Xmas Party on a Boat : Silicon Welly

Last Christmas, Silicon Welly threw a huge boat party to end a massive year for everyone. This Christmas, we’ve hooked up with Summer of Code and Unlimited Potential to throw a Xmas party at Tugboat on the Bay. Its shaping up to be a great night, starting with meeting in the Beach Bar from 6.30pm, a yummy Christmas dinner will be served from 7.30pm, then letting loose in the “Engine Room” after dinner.[Read full story]

Wellington Xmas Party on a Boat : Silicon Welly

Summer of Code - Recent Graduate

Summer of Code is under way and companies are in the process of reviewing student profiles. Mean while the students are sizing up the companies and selecting their preferences as well! The students have sat tests, companies have reviewed them. There was a meet and greet for all but unfortunately I was unable to attend due to an overdue holiday I was on. From what I heard it went off without a hitch and everyone talked themselves dry all night. (I heard there was a limit on the beverage c...[Read full story]

Cameron Prebble: NZCS Evening With Industry Tonight

Tonight I'll be doing a quick talk at the New Zealand Computer Society's Evening with Industry up at Victoria University. This event is designed to inform students who are about to graduate what to expect when trying to enter the IT workforce.I'll be outlining my time spent with ProjectX Technology and Made from New Zealand, as well as my time involved in the Summer of Code.There will also be speakers from Trade Me, BNZ, Intergen, Code to Customer, Provoke, Catalyst and KPMG.More info can be...[Read full story]

Great articles on interviewing

This entry was posted on Monday, July 27th, 2009 at 9:19 am and is filed under Information. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [Read full story]