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Google Summer of Code 2026: 15,245 applicants, 1,141 accepted. The summer internship cycle is settled months before summer — here's the real calendar.
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Read more →AICTE data: 3,90,245 computer science seats filled in one year. Two big-tech programmes are scoped to second-years — plus the plan that doesn't need them.
Read more →curl's valid bug-report rate fell from 15% to under 5%; Gartner expects 1 in 4 candidate profiles fake by 2028. Screen for what's costly to fake.
Read more →AICTE budgets 600–700 internship hours into a four-year B.Tech and schedules one after your fourth semester. The real question isn't when — it's what for.
Read more →Only 12% of employees say their employer onboards well, and buddy-paired hires were 36% more satisfied at 90 days. A 30-day plan for a remote intern.
Read more →US employers screening by GPA fell from 73% in 2019 to 42% today, while 70% now hire on skills. Which doors your CGPA actually gates — and which it doesn't.
Read more →66% of developers say their top AI frustration is code that's almost right. Judgment is the job now — and it is testable in six weeks, not six years.
Read more →83% of engineering graduates have no job or internship offer. Campus cells run for pre-final year — here's how a 2nd-year sources one off-campus instead.
Read more →No 1099 for a contractor working entirely in India — but skip the W-8BEN and you owe 24% backup withholding. The practical setup, in plain English.
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