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14 contributors, one community
How Dev Weekends members cracked GSoC, ESoC and more
A community, not just a classroom
Great engineers.
Greater impact.
Talent is everywhere. Opportunity should be too. Dev Weekends is a free community helping engineers learn, build and open doors to the world.
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30,000+ people. One shared purpose.
From your first line of code to your next big leap.
Built in Pakistan. Gone global.
Members across 30 countries
- Countries
- Universities
- Fellows trained
- Free, always
Partners and communities
Value created
earned by our members. Free to join, life-changing to finish.
- Remote salaries, every year
- $1.3M+
- Earned on Upwork
- $1M+
- Earned at Turing and Scale AI
- $250K+
- Open source stipends
- $20K+
How we count these numbers
- Remote salaries, every year, $1.3M+. 50+ members in remote jobs paying $20,000 to $90,000 a year. The median is about $20,000, and 10 of them earn $50,000 to $90,000. This one recurs every year.
- Earned on Upwork, $1M+. 20 freelancers averaging about $50,000 in lifetime earnings each, with several past $100,000, $200,000 and $300,000.
- Earned at Turing and Scale AI, $250K+. 20+ engineers on full-time Turing engagements of 3 to 4 months each, plus members paid by Scale AI for competitive programming challenges used to train and test top LLMs.
- Open source stipends, $20K+. 11 Google Summer of Code stipends (9 in 2026, 2 in 2025) at about $1,500 each, plus the LFX Mentorship stipend.
- The total is the sum of these lines, rounded down. Remote salaries are counted for one year only, so the real figure grows every year.
Outcomes
Where the work led them.
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Google Summer of Code 2026
Up from two in 2025, at Apache, NumFOCUS, FOSSASIA, Drupal and more.
Meet the 2026 class1 + 1
Linux Foundation LFX
A mentee at CNCF on GPU scheduling in Volcano, and a fellow who became an LFX mentor.
Read Talha's story100+
Remote placements
Engineers on international teams through Turing, Arc, Toptal and direct hires.
20+
At Turing and Scale AI
Vetted for full-time remote work, or writing challenges that train leading AI models.
50+
Top-rated freelancers
Top Rated on Upwork and similar platforms. 23 started in the last cohort alone.
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Companies founded
Startups built through the X-Team builder community and 2-Day Startup sprints.
Fellow voices
What they say about us.
Most started with no network and no resume worth reading. Here is the receipt.
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Muhammad Saqlain
GSoC 2026, NumFOCUS
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Mateeb Haider
GSoC 2026, FOSSASIA
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Muhammad Junaid Shaukat
GSoC 2026, Apache Beam
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Aqib Nawab
GSoC 2026, C2SI
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Kamran ul Haq
GSoC 2026, FLARE
Get involved
Start where you are. Who are you?
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- Engineering FellowshipSeasonal cohort. 2026 closed, see what is nextCLOSEDView details →
- DSOC, Dev Weekends Summer of CodeSeasonal. Opens next summerCLOSEDView details →
- DWOSI, Open Source InitiativeContribute to our products any timeOPENStart contributing →
- Final year project (FYP) mentorshipClosed for now. The next round is announced on DiscordCLOSEDView details →
- Campus Ambassador ProgramLead Dev Weekends on your university campusOPENLearn more →
- MindMasterInvite only. Ask your mentor, or email info@devweekends.comINVITE ONLYAsk for an invite →
- GSoC prepJoin the prep group on WhatsApp and DiscordGROUPJoin the group →
Fellowship and DSOC run in seasons. Closed programs show what is next. Everything else is open all year.
Built in the open
Products we build, and tools we give the community for free.
A program we are proud of
Qantara
The Palestinian AI Fellowship.
Talent isn't the missing piece. The bridge is. A fully funded, six-month fellowship for Palestinian youth, with real mentors, real training and a path to a global career.
In partnership with EmpactUs.
- 01FoundationJavaScript, React, Node.js
- 02StructureCloud, DevOps
- 03FrontierLLMs, AI agents
- 04Virtual Career FairGraduates meet employers who are hiring. $0 cost, with a monthly stipend.
Partners on Qantara
Partnerships
Build the bridge with us.
Great engineers grow up everywhere. The teams that need them cannot find them fast enough. Dev Weekends sits in the middle.
For universities
Fellowship cohorts on your campus
Final year project (FYP) mentorship, study groups called clans, and a certification your faculty can point to.
For companies
Hire, or sponsor
Hire remote-ready engineers and host mock interviews, or sponsor stipends and equipment.
For communities and organizations
Run programs together
Co-host sessions, hackathons and joint fellowship and open source tracks.
Resources
Learn with us, free.
Guides, courses and recordings from the community. Some live here, some on our other platforms.
Guides
A grad's guide to growing as a person and cracking techChoosing the right project to buildBuilding better habits and a balanced scheduleAll guides →From the blog
Fellowship 2026 by the numbers: 3,000+ applied, 1,072 selected9 contributors in GSoC 2026, and 5 more in other programsWhat actually happens at a Tech GrindAll posts →MindMaster · Invite onlyHuman skillsCourses coming soon on Buildment.Docs and courses ↗Free learning hubresources.devweekends.com: interview prep, sheets and curated learning.
Communities
Specialized communities within.
Smaller circles, each with its own focus and people. Find yours on our community page.
Find your community- LFX MentorshipPrepare for Linux Foundation (LFX) mentorships
- GSoC PrepGoogle Summer of Code proposals, organizations and practice
- DSOCDev Weekends Summer of Code, mentored open source
- DWOSIDev Weekends Open Source Initiative
- Open SourceFirst contributions to real projects
- Weekend Deep-DivesTopic-focused intensive sessions
- 2-Day StartupINVITE ONLYOnsite sprints to ship fast. Ask on Discord
- Remote Job PlacementLanding international remote roles
- Mock InterviewsPractice with working engineers
- ICPC TeamCompetitive programming for the ICPC contest
- HackathonsBuilding well-engineered products together
- Co-WorkingVirtual sessions for focused work