Hi All, Thank you to all of you interested in participating in GSoC that have already introduced yourselves! Welcome. Most of you have asked how to get started and introducing yourself is a good first step. So what next?
Well be sure you’re going through our checklist if you’ve not seen it already: http://brlcad.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Checklist Next, think about which of our six participating sub-orgs you want to work with: BRL-CAD, OpenSCAD, LibreCAD, STEPcode, LinuxCNC, or FreeCAD. It’s okay if you don’t know yet. Just understand that each of those represent different code bases, different developers, and you won’t have time to get to know all of them to the depth necessary for writing a solid proposal. Focus on two at most. You’ll want to get to know the development teams that you’ll potentially be joining. Get to know the source code well enough so you can write a proposal for proposing some improvement. To do that, you’ll want to actually work on some useful code change that relates to a project you want to work on. Demonstrating your ability to modify the code you are proposing to change is a critical part of your application. Through everything, productive communication reigns. You’re among relatively quiet introverts that don’t naturally aspire to talk, but GSoC requires us to get to know each other *really* fast. Don’t be terrified, don’t be shy, ask useful questions. Understand that you will need to speak up and speak up often and in useful, meaningful, productive ways, so we can work together to solve technical problems and make better software. This of course must come in balance. Please don’t ask to be guided — that’s passive learning. We don’t have time for that. Asking a question without doing any basic investigation yourself also sucks. Asking informed questions that show you’ve done your homework is awesome. Most open source communities want you to become independently productive yet collaborative so others know what you’re working on and are in agreement with how you’re going about things. Hope that helps and look forward to hearing from more of you! Cheers! Sean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Developer mailing list brlcad-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel
