Hello. I specialize in graphic design and development for web applications.
No, it’s not the competitor to IHOP. GHOP is short for Google Highly Open Participation, and it’s a new contest from Google specifically for pre-college students.
If you’re already familiar with Google’s SoC (Summer of Code) program, then this won’t seem very surprising to you. Google is now offering money to high school students who will volunteer their time to open source projects. Each project defines their own Tasks - which are almost exactly what you’d expect them to be, short tasks which benefit the project - and for completing any one task you get a Google T-Shirt + Certificate. But there’s so much more. For every three tasks completed Google will pay $100 (there is a limit of $500, though).
So far not much of a contest, per say. But at the end of the contest (late January) each project gets to pick one individual who they feel contributed the most to the project. That student will be flown to the Googleplex for four days to attend an awards ceremony (I’d assume meet some of the Google team as well).
Interested? The contest site is here. Be sure to read the FAQs; there’s not a Sign Up link or anything, the entry process is a bit abstract.
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Comment by tylermenezes
It’s over now, by the way. (To all 0 of you who read my Blog.) I got $100, a T-Shirt, and a Certificate. It was really fun overall, if you’re eligible next year be sure to check it out.
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