Curated list of programs, fellowships, insight series, and more for CS students. Many lists exist for internships, but not for other types of resources.
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Inspiration goes to @codicate for making the underclassman version thats kitted with tons of internships and programs dedicated to underclassmen that this is based off of.
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Note: Open/close status is not updated daily. Check yourself just to be sure
✅ = open
⛔ = closed
✨ = diversity program
Fellowships can be internships, but also mentorship, training, or open source contribution programs. These are long in duraction (6-12 weeks)
| Name | Year | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ✅ MLH Fellowship | All student | Remote 12-week open-source internship in SWE, SRE, and Web3. Available for Spring, Summer, and Fall. Stipend available. Guaranteed interview for MLH hackathon winners |
| ✅ Year Up | All student | Free hybrid training program. Get matched to an internship after training |
| Google Summer of Code | All student | Program for developers new to open-source contribution. Stipend available |
| ✨ Outreachy | All Student | Match students to an open-source project. Stipend available |
| Bellingcat Tech Fellow | All student | 2-6 month self-paced program to work on open source research tools. Stipend available |
| ⛔ Trail of Bits | All student | Work on cybersecurity related projects durign winter break. Vulnerability Research and Open Source. Stipend available |
| Impact Labs Fellowship | All student | 2-week program in NYC during winter break. Financial assistance available |
A type of fellowship hosted by NPOs/VCs for matching students to internships. Usually not exclusive to underclassmen, but gives us a fair shot
| Name | Year | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ✅ Neo Scholar | All student | Get matched to start-ups, plus mentorship & resources for building your own |
| ✅ ✨ Emma Bowen Foundation Fellowship | All student | Match students to media tech companies for all seasons. Available for students in CS, Business, Journalism, etc. Open year round I believe |
| ✨ Civic Digital Fellowship | All student | Connecting students in tech to government offices. Website says open in October |
| 8VC Fellowship | All student | Fellowship open to CS & Design majors, match to investment portfolio tech start-ups |
| Kleiner Perkins Fellows | All student | Match students to various tech start-ups |
| GGV NextGen Fellowship | All student | Match students to various tech start-ups |
| YES Internships | All studnet | Match students to various tech start-ups |
| ⛔ ✨ Code2040 Fellows | All student | Match Black & Latinx students to summer internships. Closed late July this year... |
| HackNY Fellowship | Sophomore and up | Provides a shared housing community for NYC interns. Financial aid avaliable. Match a few of the applicants to NYC tech start-ups too |
| Hack Diversity | All Student | Provides preparation for and high matching rate for students in the Boston and NYC with Summer internships |
These are 1-5 day programs designed to help you get to know (and get noticed by) a company. Some are in-person, some includes stipend. Activities include webinasr, training, networking event, and hackathon. Note that almost every big-tech & bank has one of these program, but I'm only highlighting ones exclusive to underclassmen
| Name | Year | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ✨ Jane Street INFOCUS | All student | Insight into Jane Street for trading, software engineering, and strategy/product design |
| ✨ Jane Street INSIGHT | All student | Insight into Jane Street for women, transgender, and gender-expansive people |
| ✨ Jane Street FOCUS | All student | Insight into Jane Street |
| Name | Year | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Standford Code in Place | All Student | Apply to be a section leader for experience similar to being a university TA |
| Name | Year | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ✨✅ ColorStack | All student | Supportive organization for underepresented minorities in Computer Science |
| ✅ Greylock Tech Fair | All student | Virtual career fair. Express interest for next year's (2024) here |
| ✅ CodePath | All student | Free online courses in web dev, mobile, cyber, etc. Also provide resume help, mentorship, interview prep, recruiting event, etc. |
| ✅ Forage | All student | 5-6 hour virtual work experience programs. Featuring JPMC, Lyft, Visa, EA, SAP, etc. |
| ✅ Hacker News Who is Hiring? | All student | Monthly thread for mostly start-ups jobs. Ctrl-F "intern". |
| ✨ Equal Opportunity Publications | All student | Job fairs for diverse candidates |
| ✨ BaddieCon | All student | Convention for women of color in tech |
| Name | Year | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ✨ Google Lime | All student | 10,000 USD scholarship for students with disabilities (visible or invisible) in computer science. |
| ✨ Generation Google Scholars | All student | 10,000 USD scholarship for students with financial need in computer science. |