Detailed Plan

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Paid internship: Engaging young developers

University students are getting enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies and blockchain in general, but currently there is a lack of opportunities for them to learn while working with professionals from this field.

One of the best ways to integrate them into our ecosystem is to provide them with paid internships, so they can learn and have one of their first professional experiences at the same time.

We will be looking for interns worldwide, and we will provide them with the necessary equipment to work with us.

Candidates who are not selected will still be encouraged to join the Catalyst community, through projects such as the Catalyst School and Gimbalabs.

Internship Scope

The scope of this internship is Web Development focused on the real applications being developed by Loxe Inc. during Q1 and Q2 of 2022.

Who Are We

The selected interns will work with us at Loxe Inc. We are based in the US, but we have an international team spread through many continents. We will provide a high quality internship program and access to cutting edge knowledge about Haskell and Plutus and the interns work on the Web Development of our applications.

We have been funded through Catalyst in Fund 6 for some of our proposals:

• Win-Win Dispute Resolution: <https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/368353-48088>
• Gravatar for ADA Wallets: <https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/367448-48088>
• Proof of identity for mediators: <https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/368367-48088>

We have also won 3rd place on the CardStarter hackathon, and also 3 prizes on the Cardano Summit hackathon, both in 2021.

Roadmap

<u>February and March 2022</u>

• Market the internship program
• Selection process with potential candidates

<u>April to June 2022</u>

• Internship period (3 months)

KPIs

• Selection process: $500 per vacancy
• Intern scholarship: $500 per month

Budget

• Selection process: $500 per vacancy
• Intern scholarship: $500 per month
• Intern mentoring and training: $500 per month
• Intern equipment (laptop): $1000*
• Total, 3 months, 2 interns: $9000

* The laptops will be returned to Loxe Inc. at the end of the internship program, and they will be used for the follo

wing set

of interns.