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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<html newsdate="2023-08-15">
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<version>1</version>
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<head>
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<title>Join us as an intern and make the difference!</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>Join us as an intern and make the difference!</h1>
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<p> Have you heard about Free Software and you want to know more about
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it? Are you already a Free Software advocate and you help to bring
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software freedom to our society? Then our paid internships are for you!
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Learn by doing and gain knowledge and technical skills through an
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internship with us.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/23/89/7e0e9122cd1502749aeed42ff990.jpg"
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alt="Four photographs of different events and activities with interns and other members of the FSFE community"/>
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</figure>
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<p>At the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), we strongly believe
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in the power of internships to teach about software freedom and their
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importance for both the intern and the organisation. That is
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the reason why we have supported them since our earliest years. Over
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more than 20 years of our organisation's existence, <a href="/news/2022/news-20220121-01.html">many interns have
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come to learn about our work</a> and help us achieve our goal of empowering
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people to control technology. Some of them have stayed with us and are
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now part of our staff. Others are still associated with us in other
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ways, and we are delighted to cross paths with those who have
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continued their careers in this or other related fields.
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</p>
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<p><strong>We have talked with some of our latest interns about their experience
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with us!</strong>
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</p>
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<h3>Free Software is easy to use and important for our society</h3>
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<p>A paid interniship in the FSFE can be an intensive yet enriching
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experience. It familiarises people with the use of Free Software and it
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helps them to strengthen relationships with the Free Software community
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worldwide.
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</p>
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<p>Some of our interns are already using Free Software, but
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there are others like Elif, who was an intern in the legal area and knew
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about it, but never used it because she had the impression that <italic>"Free
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Software is hard to use"</italic>. This changed after her months at the FSFE.
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<italic>“During my internship at FSFE, I saw that there is so much Free
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Software that is user friendly. Now I use it every day”</italic>, states Elif.
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But Free Software is not only about using it in your daily life. Even
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as an active Free Software user, being part of our team helps to get a
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better understanding of its importance in our society, as Sergio, an
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intern in the policy area explains: <italic>“After this internship I was able
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to better comprehend the importance of Free Software, and to understand
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how the policy and legislative processes take place in the European
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Union, but also in regional and local levels in Europe”</italic>.
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>
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"I use Free Software whenever I can and really enjoy it!”
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</p>
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<cite>Marlene, former FSFE intern</cite>
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</blockquote>`
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<h3>Get your hands on</h3> <p> <italic>"As an intern, you get to make a
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difference in real-life situations by working for software
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freedom"</italic>, says Evelyn, who worked in the policy area, but like
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the other interns, had the chance to work on different tasks and
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projects, such as helping at the FSFE booth during several conferences.
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Or helping in workshops, like the one on <a href="/activities/upcyclingandroid/upcyclingandroid.html">Upcycling Android</a> in
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Bolzano, which Marlene said was <italic>"one of my favourite days of my
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internship. It was a pleasure to meet other people who also enjoy Free
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Software, and I learned a lot at the workshop"</italic>.
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>"My favourite task was things I have done for
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the Ukrainian refugee kids project. Because I believe the story of Ada
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& Zangemann gives them hope and courage to start a new chapter in
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their life.”
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</p>
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<cite>Elif, former FSFE intern</cite>
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</blockquote>`
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<h3>Become part of an international community</h3>
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<p>
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Being an intern at the FSFE is not only a step in your career in which
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you can enhance relevant skills for your professional path such as
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technical ones, but it is also a community experience. You acquire
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personal skills and get to know different people from all over the
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world while giving something back to society. <italic>“Doing meaningful work
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that has a real value”</italic>, is how Vincent describes it. He is a
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former intern who is currently an active member of our community.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/65/2c/627d3b9bad010cc6ed31b3d95e71.jpg"
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alt="International group of people posing in a mountainous background"/>
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</figure>
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<blockquote>
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<p>“A bonus tip, you get to work in an intellectually stimulating environment while
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having a lot of fun”</p>
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<cite>Evelyn, former FSFE intern</cite>
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</blockquote>`
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<p>Interested? Have a look at our <a href="/about/jobs/internship.html">internships and traineeships</a> page to
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find out more about what we have to offer, and check out our <a href="/news/newsletter.html">newsletter</a>
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and <a href="/news/news.html">news section</a> to find out about our vacancies.
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</p>
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</body>
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<tags>
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<tag key="front-page"/>
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<tag key="internship">Internship</tag>
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<tag key="career">Job position</tag>
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<tag key="berlin">Berlin</tag>
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</tags>
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<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/1042"/>
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<image url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/65/2c/627d3b9bad010cc6ed31b3d95e71.jpg"
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alt="Four photographs of different events and activities with interns and other members of the FSFE community"/>
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</html>
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