Student Programs and Communities you must be part of !!!
Hey folks,
In this blog post, I’ll be writing about student developer communities that you should be part of during your college days.
But before getting into it, let's talk about why you should join these communities and programs.
Benefits to joining developer communities :
- Networking: You will get to know a lot of people from different colleges and around the world as well, which also helps you to seek professional development opportunities. can give you an inside track into what’s happening in your industry and in your greater community. You can access people and information from experts who influence your field.
- Resources: you will get access to high-quality resources and learning material. you get to use premium tools for free.
- Mentorship: You will get guidance directly from professionals
- Goodies: the juicy part of joining the community is that you will get exciting labeled goodies like T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, and much more interesting stuff.
Overall community experience will help to improve your leadership, management, and communication skills, you’ll get exposed to new perspectives and This will not only help you to be a better developer but also a better person.
Google developer student clubs :
Google developer student clubs are community groups of students interested in Google technologies. Do check out to know more. https://komalsswami.medium.com/how-to-apply-for-developer-student-clubs-lead-2ccc6d002db6
The application procedure will have 2 rounds, there will be an interest form open once a year nearly around April-may, you’ll have to provide a link to your GitHub profile, Linkedin, Hackerrank, project, and if you have written any technical content. you will also have to provide a 1 min short video of yourself talking about why you want to be a google developer student clubs lead and how it will help you and your peers.
After your form got shortlisted you will go through an interview.
Github student developer pack: Github Student Developer Pack is a collection of different tools, software, services provided by GitHub for students to help in their software development journey.
You’ll get access to
- Domain name service from name cheap, .tech domains, and name.com.
- Cloud services from the digital ocean, Microsoft Azure, and Heroku.
- Hosting services from nets and Education Host.
- Subscription of learning platforms like educative, datacamp.
- Access to Premium Developer Tools like Travis CI, Unity, Mongo DB.
- Github Pro Account
- And Premium version of other awesome tools like Canva pro
Required Documents for Application Process
- College ID Card
- Certificate or mark sheet of College
Apply at: https://education.github.com/pack/offers
Major league hacking:
Learn by doing not watching.
MLH fellowship is a global 3-month internship alternative program where you will learn by working on real-world projects depending on the program (Explorer, Open Source, Externship) they are selected for and are assigned seasoned software development mentors to help them throughout the program.
To know more: https://fellowship.mlh.io/
Community classroom:
One of my favorite communities works towards making quality education free for all.
- The organization is founded by Kunal Kushwaha. We provide hands-on training, mentorship for FREE and have an inclusive community.
- Get expert guidance with career, Open Source, and internships, jobs around the world.
- Go and checkout: https://www.commclassroom.org/ and get involved.
Microsoft learn student ambassador :
Learn Student Ambassadors are a global group of campus leaders who are eager to help fellow students, create robust tech communities, and develop technical and career skills for the future.
It is a worldwide program directly led by Microsoft where it helps in building technical skills of the students and most importantly knowledge of Microsoft technologies.
https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/
Postman student expert program :
Specially designed to promote API literacy amongst students and educators. Grow your API literacy with this industry-standard training created by Postman.
As Postman Student Expert, you will receive:
1. API and Postman training created by the Postman Team
2. Postman Student Expert Badge to showcase online and to future employers
3. Exclusive access to Postman meetups and events like Postman Galaxy, the Postman user conference
4. Invitation to the online Postman Student Expert Program community
To know more: https://www.postman.com/company/student-program/
AWS community builder:
The AWS Community Builders program offers technical resources, mentorship, and networking opportunities to AWS enthusiasts and emerging thought leaders who are passionate about sharing knowledge and connecting with the technical community.
https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/community-builders/
Developers Circle By Meta: Join like-minded people, get guidance from experts. advance your skills with tailored resources and take your tech solutions to next level.
Dive straight into opportunities near you — like meet-ups, hackathons, and online training — by joining Developer Circles.
https://developers.facebook.com/developercircles/
AWS educate By Amazon:
Through AWS Educate, students have access to content developed to skill up for cloud careers in growing fields. AWS Educate also connects companies hiring for cloud skills to qualified student job seekers with the AWS Educate Job Board.
https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/
Intel Student Ambassador Program :
Gain access to Intel’s latest software, one API. Simplify programming, improve efficiency, and aid innovation on the latest Intel® CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs using Intel® one API Toolkits, the Intel® AI Analytics Toolkit, and the new programming language, Data-Parallel C++.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/community/ambassadors.html?s=Newest
Civo academy:
Learn Kubernetes for free.
They have created over 50 video guides and tutorials that will help you navigate Kubernetes: from understanding the basic need for and function of containers to launching and scaling your first clusters.
- Free to view, no pay-gated content
- Created in-house by the expert team at Civo
- Free credit to try Civo Kubernetes
Cloudshala:
You’ll free tutorials, workshops, mentorship, mock interviews, resources, and more related to the cloud in HINDI.
CNCF:
Dok:
These are some of my favorite communities, feel free to comment your favorite once in the comment section.
Thank you for reading!
