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From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: My advice for GSoC applicants
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:45:28 +0100
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Hi,

Based on my experience so far as a first-time Google Summer of Code
mentor, I just wrote a blog article containing some hopefully useful
advice for students applying to the program.  Please note that this is
my personal opinion only and doesn't necessarily reflect the views of
the Git/libgit2 projects as a whole.

    My secret tip for GSoC success

http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/2014/03/my-secret-tip-for-gsoc-success.html

Michael

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Michael Haggerty
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http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/