0 Google Code-in: Google’s Contest to encourage Students

Many people know Google for their online services, but they also work hard to help the community. Google Open Source team has just announced a special contest for pre-university students, which will encourage the students to take interest in the open source development environment.
Google team has named this initiative as Google Code-in, and students from 13-18 year old age group can participate in the contest. Since this contest revolves around open source development, students from around the world can apply for the participation.


Each eligible student will get a chance to work on an open source related task, and at the end winner will be declared according to the points accumulated during the contest.
Here’s the list of tasks -
1. Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code
2. Documentation: Tasks related to creating/editing documents
3. Outreach: Tasks related to community management and outreach/marketing
4. Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality
5. Research: Tasks related to studying a problem and recommending solutions
6. Training: Tasks related to helping others learn more
7. Translation: Tasks related to localization
8. User Interface: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction

Prize?

At the conclusion of the contest, contestants will receive a t-shirt and certificate for completing at least one task (maximum of one shirt & certificate per contestant) and 100 USD for every three tasks completed (maximum 500 USD per contestant).
Additionally, there will be ten grand prize winners. They will receive a trip to Google’s Mountain View, California, USA Headquarters for an award’s ceremony for themselves and one parent or guardian.

How to participate in Google Code-in contest?

Google team has listed some of the important questions regarding the participation and contest rules. If you are looking to participate in the contest, read these FAQs. Google Code-in contest is scheduled on November 22, so you still have much time to brush up your skills.