After so many years of learning, GSoC presents an opportunity to earn a substantial amount (at least in the context of a broke college student), and put the good knowledge that was accumulated all these years to some good use. May open source live forever!

http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforStudents

http://code.google.com/soc/2007/asf/about.html