GitProduct connects your students with real products that need help — engineering, marketing, design, research, and operations. They contribute, get reviewed, earn tokens, and build a verified work history.
Free for your school. No contracts. Complements Handshake and Symplicity.
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Handshake and Symplicity connect students to employers who are hiring. But most 2nd-year students aren't ready for that pipeline — and most early-stage companies aren't on those platforms.
GitProduct doesn't replace Handshake or Symplicity. It fills the gap for students who aren't yet in the traditional hiring pipeline.
| Handshake / Symplicity | GitProduct | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Job/internship applications | Project-based contributions |
| Who hires | Established employers | Early-stage product creators |
| Compensation | Salary / hourly | Tokens + portfolio + references |
| Commitment | Full-time or structured internship | Flexible: 5-15 hrs/week, 4-12 weeks |
| Disciplines | Mostly engineering roles | Engineering, design, marketing, product, ops, research |
| Student readiness | 3rd/4th year, interview-ready | Any year, any skill level |
| Cost to school | $20K-200K/year | Free |
Not busywork. Real tasks on real products, reviewed by the product creator.
Track which students are contributing, what skills they're building, and their completion rates. Exportable for accreditation and reporting.
Marketing, business, design, psychology, communications students all have opportunities. Not just engineering.
Every contributor signs a platform agreement covering IP assignment and confidentiality before accessing any product.
5-15 hours per week, 4-12 week commitments. Fits around class schedules. Not a full-time internship.
Every completed task is a deliverable students can link on their resume. Verified by the product creator, not self-reported.
Students who complete their contributions get personalized recommendation letters and LinkedIn endorsements from creators.
Three ways to bring GitProduct to your campus. Pick what fits.
Students verify their school identity with their .edu email. We support 2,300+ US universities. Verified students get a trusted badge on their profile, and career centers can track participation by school.
No. Students are independent contributors, not employees. There's no hiring, no payroll, and no employer liability. It's closer to open-source contribution or freelance project work — but structured with tasks, deadlines, and reviews.
Every contributor signs a platform agreement before accessing any product. It covers IP assignment (work belongs to the product creator), confidentiality (don't share internal info), and portfolio rights (students can reference their work in resumes).
Tokens (product-specific reputation currency), a verified contribution history, portfolio-ready deliverables, and recommendation letters from product creators. Some products also offer paid bounties for larger tasks.
GitProduct tracks hours contributed, tasks completed, skills demonstrated, and creator feedback — all exportable. Whether it counts for credit is up to your institution, but we provide the documentation to make the case.
We have a dispute resolution system. Students can flag issues, and we mediate. Product creators who receive negative feedback get reviewed. We also track creator reliability scores.
Free for schools. Free for students. Product creators pay for tokens when they want to reward contributors beyond the initial grant. We take a platform fee on paid bounties only.
Three ways: (1) contributions are reviewed and rated, creating a quality signal; (2) tokens have value within the platform and can unlock paid opportunities; (3) every contribution is permanently tracked on a public profile, not just a resume bullet.
Tell us about your school and we'll help you get started. No contracts, no cost.
"I conducted the competitive analysis that shaped the product roadmap."