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Paid project work with campus startups. You choose the hours.

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Hours and pay shown before you apply Cash held in escrow until your work is approved Your profile stays inside your school

Most of it fits in the gaps.

A campus project runs a few hours a week for a few weeks. It is not a summer in another city, and it does not ask you to drop a class.

  • Three to fifteen hours a week is the whole range on the board right now.
  • One week to one semester. You choose the length as well as the load.
  • Remote or on campus, and you say which before anyone contacts you.
Class and shifts, 24 hours Project work, 7 hours

Pick the load you can carry.

Every listing states the total hours and how long the project runs, so the weekly number is settled before you apply.

I have
hours a week.

17 of the 24 open projects fit that. Showing six.

3.5hrs a week

Parser for handwritten algebra steps

Chalkline

52 hrs total · 1 semester · Remote

Credit · 3 hours
4.7hrs a week

Bring two more dining halls onto the program

Second Serving

40 hrs total · 2 months · On campus

Cash · $1,250
5.0hrs a week

Signage that makes people sort correctly

Quad Compost

30 hrs total · 6 weeks · On campus

Credit · 2 hours
5.1hrs a week

Dashboard an agronomist can read without a manual

Fieldmark

44 hrs total · 2 months · Remote

Equity
5.3hrs a week

Content strategist

Cadence

80 hrs total · One semester · Remote

Credit · 2 hours
5.7hrs a week

Talk to twelve RSO treasurers before we build anything

Prairie Ledger

34 hrs total · 6 weeks · Remote

Credit · 2 hours
5.8hrs a week

Low-power firmware for the season-long node

Fieldmark

46 hrs total · 8 weeks · On campus

Cash · $1,400
5.8hrs a week

Repeatable optics for the clip-on reader

Boneyard Diagnostics

50 hrs total · 2 months · On campus

Cash · $1,600 and equity
10.0hrs a week

Founding mobile engineer

Lumen Labs

60 hrs total · 6 weeks · Remote

Cash · $900 and equity
11.2hrs a week

Make the savings report readable by whoever signs the check

Bluestem Grid

45 hrs total · 4 weeks · Remote

Cash · $900 and equity
11.7hrs a week

Import a decade of utility bills without retyping them

Bluestem Grid

70 hrs total · 6 weeks · Hybrid

Cash · $1,600
13.3hrs a week

Landing page sprint

Lumen Labs

40 hrs total · 3 weeks · Hybrid

Cash · $600
15.0hrs a week

Data cleanup sprint

Atlas Health

30 hrs total · 2 weeks · Remote

Cash · $450

Every project open on one campus board. The weekly figure is the total hours divided by how long the project runs, which is how the product works it out.

You see how you line up first.

Open a project and it tells you where you match and where you do not. You know before you spend an evening on an application.

  • Hours against your hours, worked out from the total and the timeline.
  • Remote or on campus, against what you said you would do.
  • A gap is still an application. Preferences rank projects, they never block anyone.

How you line up

  • Needs about 7 hours a week, and you said 5 to 10 hours
  • They are looking for your college
  • Hybrid, and you said you prefer remote or on campus
  • They are looking for a junior or senior
  • You have not listed any skills yet

None of this stops you applying. Founder preferences rank projects, they never block anyone.

Three ways to get paid.

Cash

The money is placed in escrow when the project starts, and releases to you as each deliverable is approved.

Equity

A percentage of the company. Each deliverable you finish vests its own portion of it.

Course credit

Your faculty award the hours through a program your school already runs. Credit is never paid alongside cash for the same work.

Paid piece by piece, not at the end.

A project is split into deliverables before you start. Each one is approved on its own, and the money for it releases then.

  • Nothing waits on the whole project. Finish one piece, get paid for one piece.
  • The cash is already there. It sits in escrow from the start, so a stalled founder never costs you your pay.
  • Fourteen days. If a founder does not review a deliverable, it approves on its own.
Second Serving
Bring two more dining halls onto the program
Map the approval path in both remaining halls 10 hrs $250
Meetings run and objections written down 16 hrs $400
One signed agreement 14 hrs $600
Released to you$0
One project open on the board, with its own schedule. 40 hours over two months.

Build the résumé they ask for.

Almost every entry level job wants experience you can only get from a job. This is a way out of that loop. A real company, a real deliverable, and a founder who can vouch for you.

  • A real company and a real deliverable, with a title and dates you can put on a page.
  • A reference, not just a line. The founder who approved the work is a person you can name.
  • Verified on your profile. Everything you finish here is marked, because the founder who paid for it signed it off.
  • Your own work still counts. Add past projects and internships, marked as self-reported.

Ash Lindqvist

Sophomore · College of Arts and Science · May 2029

Projects completed
  • Landing page sprint Verified
    Lumen Labs · Cash
    ★ 5.0
  • Ninety seconds for the sustainability office Verified
    Second Serving · Cash
    ★ 5.0
  • Signage that makes people sort correctly Verified
    Quad Compost · Credit
    ★ 4.0
Other work, added by the student
  • Quad Press brand system
    2025
How it works

From profile to paid, in four steps.

01

Build a short profile

Your skills, your hours, and whether you will work remote or on campus.

02

Find a project

Browse the board. Hours, length and reward are on every listing.

03

Sign the agreement

Pay, vesting and who owns the work are all settled before you start.

04

Do the work, get paid

Each deliverable is approved on its own. Cash releases, or its portion of equity vests.

You are a contractor, and that is on purpose.

It keeps you out of the unpaid internship trap. It is not the same as being an employee, so here is what you get.

  • A written agreement before you start, covering pay, vesting and ownership.
  • Cash held in escrow until your work is approved.
  • A route to your campus law clinic if something goes wrong.
  • No employee benefits. A contract is not a job, and we will not pretend otherwise.

Common questions.

Does this count as real experience?

Yes. You are a contractor on a real project for a real company, with a written agreement and deliverables you can name in an interview. The founder who approved your work can be a reference.

How much time does a project actually take?

Most run between five and ten hours a week, and the whole board sits between three and fifteen. The listing states the total hours and the length, so you can work out your week before you apply.

How do I get paid?

Cash sits in escrow and releases as each deliverable is approved. Equity vests as each deliverable is approved. Credit is awarded by faculty through your program.

What if the founder goes quiet?

You raise it directly first, then a neutral campus mediator can step in. Your cash stays in escrow the whole time, and an unreviewed deliverable approves itself after fourteen days.

Am I an employee?

No. You join as a contractor on a specific project. That comes with a written contract, but not with employee benefits.

Who can see my profile?

Only people at your school. Your profile is never visible on the open internet, and what a project paid you is never shown on it.

I am an international student. Can I do this?

Cash work may be restricted by your visa, and credit or equity may still work. Check with your international student office before you apply.

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