# Industry Experience

## Gaining experience through working on our products

As Code for Life is an [open-source](https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-workspace) project, we work with external contributors on all forms of contribution including design and development. This means that we can design short projects for students and partners in order to provide experience in working within software in the EdTech industry.

## What are the benefits of collaborating this way?

Some of the reasons we would like to highlight:

* Your students will learn a variety of technologies and gain experience developing a production-ready system.
* Your students will gain mentoring directly from the team, learn about software development in an Agile environment, and gain insights into working in a fast paced small software team.
* The contributions will be directly used by students and teachers worldwide, helping them to flourish in an increasingly digital world.
* Your students will build their portfolio and gain industry-experience, which is highly valued by employers.
* You and your students will have the satisfaction of making the world a better place, one contribution at a time. 😊

## How to get started and find out more

In order to design projects suitable for your students, please get in touch with us at <mark style="color:purple;"><codeforlife@ocado.com></mark> and title your email; *Industry Experience.*

Some previous partners have been **Imperial College London** and **CS in Schools** Cadet scheme.

Find out more about how we collaborate with our partners [here](https://2662351606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M_6UDUiGoJDhr_OXetO%2Fuploads%2FPavvCifcuUeZZZLkV01C%2FOpportunities%20with%20Code%20for%20Life.pdf?alt=media).

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