Google Summer of Code: How I Got In and How You Can Too

More than 50,000 students around the world register for GSoC every year, and of those who submit a proposal, only 1200 are accepted! I got selected by Rocket.Chat. RocketChat is an open-sourced Slack with a different business model. It offers web and phone-based communication platforms, integrated omnichannel features, and even has an app store of its own where you can publish and monetize apps that run on RocketChat. The top-10 contributors get a chance for a one-on-one meetup with RocketChat founder Gabriel Engel.