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bits&bytes™ OriginalEpisode 1
Join the crew
Ages 13–19 · Free · Pan-India · On Discord
Pick how you want to build with us. We'll match you with a squad and a mentor, on a project that ships.
Applications open(3) (3)
Join the crew
- [01]Join Discord
Join the community
Get on our Discord. Talk to teen builders from across India, find people to team up with, and sit in on online study sessions.
- [02]Apply now
Become a contributor
Apply to work on our open-source projects, run developer cohorts, or help with outreach.
- [03]Explore forks
Launch a fork
Bring bits&bytes™ to your city. It works like a fork on GitHub: take the playbook from upstream, run your own room, ship back.
We read contributor and fork applications every week • Expect a reply within 7 days
/ Why join
What you get when you join(4) (4)
The Discord invite is where it starts. This is what comes after.
You work next to teen builders from across India who are in the middle of making something.
Take a project from idea to deployment, with a mentor checking in at every step.
Priority access to our hackathons and the workshops that run inside them, with people who work in the industry.
Pair programming, code reviews, and study groups. You learn quicker when the work is shared.
/ Expectations
What we look for(5) (5)
Read this before you apply. It saves both of us time.
- E.01You're a student aged 13–19 who cares about tech
- E.02You can give 2–4 hours a week
- E.03You're on our Discord and you show up in the conversations
- E.04You take part in at least one project or event each quarter
- E.05You look out for the people around you, and you're not a jerk
/ FAQ
Common questions(4) (4)
What people usually ask before they apply.
No. Beginners are welcome, and we pair them with mentors. What we care about is whether you want to build.
We suggest 2–4 hours a week, and it bends. Some weeks you're at a hackathon. Other weeks you chip away at a project async.
No. bits&bytes™ is free. Learning to build shouldn't cost money.
No. We're pan-India, with forks in Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Lucknow and Hyderabad. Most of what we do happens online, on Discord.
Ready to start building?
Come ship real projects with teen builders from across India.
Questions? Write to us at [email protected]