We, @mightyiam and me, are running the third edition of Summer of Nix in collaboration with the NixOS Foundation and NLnet. This work is funded by the European Commission through the Next Generation Internet Program.
Summer of Nix is a 13-week long software development and training program aimed at:
- Making free-and-open-source software more readily available through Nix and on NixOS
- Helping young software professionals build practical software development skills
- Sharing and growing Nix expertise.
This yearâs Summer of Nix is held in mob programming format with 15 participants from all over the world. Weâre posting details and updates about the program here on the Nix Discourse.
As the organizers, weâre trying to do something big for our participants: get them hired.
If youâre looking to expand a DevOps or software development team, we offer to get you in touch with our programâs graduates.
The document linked above lists people interested in working for a company that is invested in Nix. It includes recommendations from their mob fellows. Feel free to contact candidates directly and schedule a call. Summer of Nix developers have substantial practical experience getting complex build setups and service configurations to work reproducibly with Nix and NixOS, and demonstrate outstanding collaboration towards the programâs goals.
Please get in touch if you have further questions about participants, the program, or the Nix ecosystem.
At the end of the process, if you end up hiring one of the participants, we would appreciate a donation to the NixOS Foundation. This would enable us to continue implementing the program goals and onboarding more talent. You can support the foundation on Open Collective, making your company visible as a backer, or directly via bank transfer.
Shahar âDawnâ Or (@mightyiam)
Valentin Gagarin (@fricklerhandwerk)
