How to Onboard Students on Your Project and Find a Perfect Intern

Discover how to effectively onboard students to your project and identify ideal interns in this 35-minute conference talk from DevConf.CZ 2024. Explore the journey of implementing a Software Factory course-inspired approach to engage university students as community contributors. Learn about the process of integrating students from Mendel University into real-world software projects, focusing on low-priority issues to help them build impressive GitHub profiles. Gain insights into the challenges and successes of this innovative approach, from securing management and faculty support to task allocation, GitHub contribution basics, and managing pull request influxes. Understand how this method can lead to identifying exceptional talent for your team while providing valuable experience to aspiring software engineers.