With the amount of Mozilla intern related HN posts I'm seeing lately, I'm really considering pursuing full time employment there after graduation. Working for an organization that has a mission bigger than maximizing profitability is really attractive.
An easy way to get started is "Bugs Ahoy", a Bugzilla search engine that lets you search by programming language and feature area among bugs tagged as "good first bug" with a Mozilla mentor's contact info:
Again, thanks for this. I've intended to get involved but never got around to figuring out how. Having this run across my screen motivated me to get a nick registered, and say hello in the channel.
Same here.
I'm willing to use my next "funemployed" round for getting involved. Maybe even writing my master thesis on a mozilla project.
I really like how the employees can work from everywhere, also it doesn't have the touch of selling your soul, because they help the world with their work.
They have a great work environment and a good culture, if the nature of the projects is a fit for your personal style. If you thrive in more team-oriented environments it may be rough for you - Mozilla runs more like a big open source project with salaries.
Mozilla folk were very positive and welcoming when I made (minor) contributions to the Core code. The whole code was easy to set up and run on my system too. Just go for it and start contributing!
