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End of my internship

It's just arrived the end of my internship at the FSFE. In March I'll come back to Italy.
Five mounths of internship abroad is a big opportunity for a student to learn what is working in an international context.
Only after this working experience a student can really understand what he studied for a lot of time and acquire new knowledges.
Yes, it is probably too early to write this in my blog but during next week I'll partecipate to FOSDEM, so I will not have a chance to thank.
I have to say, I really enjoy partecipate to the foundation's activities, which are a real and invaluable resource for experience.
About my internship I can say that I'm really satisfied.
Yes, sometimes working in an european context is not so simple: you have some problems with the language, is not easy communicate your ideas...but you can learn a lot!
The important is doing a working experience where everyday there are new activities to do and to learn.. I can say that FSFE is one of those place.
Yes this is a celebration of 5 mounths of interniship. This is a celebration of a community that I have come to know and admire.
The FSFE is a collection of individuals who work for the society and was a pleasure work with very intelligent, funny and patient people.
It was good to meet and talk to many people.
In addition, I managed to get to see different place and culture.
So many thanks to the Zurich office that supported me and learned me some computer's knowledges and to be critical when is necessary.
I hope we will continue to see the foundation growth!

Why an internship at FSFE?

Wow!....the 14th of December I was invited to speak about Free Software , in Bolzano, at the meeting: “school – jobs - economy: being part of the Free Software ecosystem”.
As my first talk I couldn't receive better invitation!
In fact I started to believe in a Free Software ecosystem after read about the works of the FSFE.
The talk was about my personal experience: why I decided to begin an internship at the Free Software Foundation and why I suggest to the other people, who, as me are not part of the informatic world (ops.. weren't part of the informatic world!) to support it.
Was a pleasure to partecipate: there were a lot of interesting and motivated people.
People who really believe in the free software ethics and try to change the real world by inserting Free Software in school projects and in public offices.
So...Why Free Software?
First because the " Free Software is socially useful"; the Free Software is a system where there are excellent programmers, but is also a system that permits to the users to be conscious on what they are working.
The logic of this system is not only been an economic resource, but permits to everybody to be part of a common project.
Overall people use everyday computers to study or to work; for this reason everybody has to control what is in front of his or her.
Stop being only passive spectators; is time to be conscious on what happened around us!
The access to the source code has a big value also if we are not programmers; the fact that 24 hours a day all over the world the software is developing, realize the idea of being part of a system, and this is in contrast on using only a program.
The Free Software encourage everyone to learn, doesn't want that technology is  controlled only by an élite.

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