# Freshers- Introduction to Computer Science and Career **URL:** \ **Category:** FOSS Clubs\ **Created:** [10 October 2026 05:14 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/freshers-introduction-to-computer-science-and-career/9426 "2026-10-10T05:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rohit\_kumar1](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/rohit_kumar1/32/3700_2.png) [@rohit\_kumar1](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/rohit_kumar1)\ **Post date:** [10 October 2026 05:14 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/freshers-introduction-to-computer-science-and-career/9426/1 "2026-10-10T05:14:31Z")
**1. What is your name?** Rohit Kumar **2. What’s your Club’s name?** FOSS Club, GEC Sheikhpura **3. Event name** Freshers: Introduction to Computer Science and Career- [Freshers: Introduction to Computer Science and Career](https://fossunited.org/c/gec-sheikhpura/introduction-to-computer-science-and-career) **4. Event type** Knowledge session (meetup), with a short hands-on walk through of a real project and account setup. **5. Explain the event briefly** On 8 September 2026, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, our club ran an introductory session for first-year students called “Getting Started in Tech”. It covered: - the basics of computer science and what the field includes - the different kinds of careers in tech - how open source helps students build real skills and stand out - the GitHub Student Developer Pack and what it offers - Guided about the benefits of GitHub, LinkedIn, X, Discord, LeetCode and others To make the session concrete, we explored [https://laptop-finder.pages.dev/](https://laptop-finder.pages.dev/), an open-source project as our guiding project. We used it to show how a real project is built, hosted and shared on GitHub, and how a beginner can read its code, open an issue or contribute. **6. Speaker details** Shiivam, Core Team Member **7. Was the speaker provided to you by FOSS United?** No. The speaker came from our own club and applied through the event’s CFP. **8. Mode of the event** In-person **9. Livestream/recording link** Not applicable, since the event was in-person only. **10. Event photos (Ente)** > **[Photos, shared with you](https://albums.ente.com/?t=3RVNGJFZZD#9JMxkpeCvWoHQtdzyfbU13uvwZUhoxodiYiicA6RsZdr)** > > Tap to view on Ente ![IMG_20260908_163103340_HDR](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/58954af9b8c909c32228aa635460fedca680a415.jpeg) ![IMG_20260908_151059672_HDR](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/58ca565f96e0210568e4f2374e238784cdc059fe.jpeg) ![IMG_20260908_145723994_HDR](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6570dbff3fb9ddbe28693c1ca12e93dc4ac8adce.jpeg) ![IMG_20260908_145439792_HDR](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/18f2db8f4c1cfff4fba8d02e023e53c0ea3a4fef.jpeg) ![IMG_20260908_144833320_HDR](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/446aff12efb0eb28009a1f2e8b6d353a96b1a348.jpeg) ![IMG_20260908_144723512_HDR](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8703ecd72dd3d3003657ddd3b74254db1afc667b.jpeg) ![IMG_20260908_142610996_HDR](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7d908acfad79e2cd2e442a02c738d5b42989a137.jpeg) **11. How many people attended?** 104 attendees, as recorded on the FOSS United event page. But the student was 136 This was one of our biggest event so far. **12. What went well** - Turnout was very strong for a freshers session, with over 130 attendees. - First-year students were curious about careers and open source, and many asked how to get started. - Using a real project (laptopfinder) made open source feel approachable, because students could see a working site and its source code. **13. What could be improved** - With 100+ students in one room, helping everyone create accounts was hard. Next time we’ll split into smaller groups, with one volunteer per group. - Some students didn’t have laptops, so they followed on phones. We could ask them to pair up or bring a laptop where possible. Suggested to get laptops in the Oct sells (BBD) **14. What open source tools did you use?** Git and GitHub for exploring the guiding project, the laptop-finder repository ( [GitHub - fossism/laptop-finder: your laptop shouldn't be a regret anymore · GitHub](http://github.com/fossism/laptop-finder) ), a web browser to explore the hosted site. **16. Was one of those tools a crowd favourite?** My guess is the GitHub Student Developer Pack, since students were excited to learn about the free tools it offers, along with exploring laptopfinder as a real project. **17. Contributions from community members** > **[GitHub - fossism/laptop-finder: your laptop shouldn't be a regret anymore](https://github.com/fossism/laptop-finder)** > > your laptop shouldn't be a regret anymore **18. Potential mentors or speakers** Some freshers can take sessions on their own project. most of the folks are also interested in the cybersecurity and ethical hacking. **19. Money spent** Yes. the money spent for the attendees snacks, refreshment and food for the volunteers. Some in the travel. **20. Anything else** - Now we’re more focus on the projects building at the clubs. Planning to make sort of website to list there entire clubs in my college. - We plan a follow-up where students make their first contributions to a beginner-friendly project like laptop-finder.