description: Creative Commons participates in open source mentorship programs such as Google Summer of Code and Outreachy. Details about specific programs and rounds are listed in the Overview page; this page serves as a general guide for accepted interns.
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If you are an applicant, read our Applicant Guide.
Internship announcements have been made and you've been selected! Congratulations! Here's what we expect you to do before the internship officially starts:
- Continue to refine your project plan and timeline with your mentors.
- Define communication channels and set up a weekly check-in with your mentor.
- Set up your computer and development environment.
- Familiarize yourself with the development process at Creative Commons (pull requests, code review).
- Introduce yourself to the members of CC's engineering team.
Once the internship starts, here's what we expect of you:
- Work 30-40 hours per week (or agree on a different plan with your mentor ahead of time).
- Push code to GitHub frequently. Commit early and often.
- Be available on Slack whenever you are working and post at least once a (work)day to talk about what you're working on that day.
- Write a short update on your work every two weeks and post it to the CC technical blog (instructions are here). To get a sense of how these posts are written and how the projects evolved, you can read entries done by previous Outreachy or Google Summer of Code interns.
- Attend your weekly check-in with your mentor and any other meetings.
- Be proactive about asking for help, especially when you're stuck.
- Ensure that you're on track to delivering your project at the end of the work period. If you're not on track, talk with your mentor to come up with a new plan for the project well before the deadline.
- Let your mentor and the organization admins know when you are going to be unavailable. If something sudden comes up, let us know.
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