Ask HN: Should I join a startup or do open source work to get an internship?
After doing a bit of research I've figured that since so many people apply I need to do something to get noticed among the competition.
I have found two ways to do so: contributing to an open source project from one of those companies or joining a new startup created by ex-students of my school.
Which one do you believe that it would be a better time investment? The startup has a cool idea but since it is a startup provably it will not take off.
In both cases it will be free work, one in form of open source contributions the other in writing a nodejs backend.
Which one would look better on a CV?
Do you believe that the open source work could lead to some kind of referral from someone inside the company and give me better luck in getting the internship?
Thanks in advance