interns develop technical and professional writing skills. Outreachy also encourages our mentors to share the blog posts with the wider open source community and on social media, which in turn highlights the intern's work and helps them network further. Some interns find that blog posts serve as a portfolio piece that they can reference for job applications, conference talk proposals, or in their academic careers.</p>

  <p>The Outreachy team spends a good deal of time encouraging interns to write blog post