> That's a bit of an exaggeration, but there is something to what Leslie said. > Personally, I felt that in the case of GHOP, the grand prize was more > important to most people than the money or the t-shirt.
Well, maybe. I was not part of it. I do remember her saying that some students who did not get picked wanted to continue anyway just of the t-shirt. But sure. Money counts a lot too. >> Wearing a soc t-shirt gets you recognition from your fellow hackers. >> Having a "diploma" from google in your CV gets you recognition from a >> future employer. > > It's a bit early to focus on specifics, but don't use the word diploma. > Something like "First Place 2009 GNOME Design Winner" sounds better even if > it's more verbose. Sorry, I wasn't being clear. I should have told you my position and motivation for this. I'm about to start the last year of my master and will soon start doing job interviews. By "diploma" I meant a nicely laid out document summarizing my contributions to gnome. I feel that what I have learned from doing gnome stuff is almost as important as my degree and I would like to be able to document that at a job interview. Hence the "dimploma". (sorry about that word. I don't know what to use instead.) >> Could we do something like that? A t-shirt for mvp hacker(s) of the >> year? Perhaps by vote from foundation members or the like? An official >> looking pretty printed/printable "diploma" summarizing ones >> contribution to gnome? > > That _does_ sound a bit lame, but perhaps thats just me. I think a better > approach would be to have an awards ceremony at GUADEC (formal events make a > much better impression), pay for the winner's flight, and give them a cash > prize, no matter how small and insignificant it is. It's not necessary, but > giving them a nice and shiny trophy like Apple does would also be a good > idea. That's great for getting credit among your fellow hackers. That was what I thought the t-shirt would accomplish. Either way is good. One is just more expensive and I think money is a very limited resource for such a thing. It's all about motivating developers to do more stuff. I personally care about getting a pad on the back for doing good work from fellow hackers and I also care about how I can do stuff to help me get a good job. Whatever means gets us there is fine :) - Thomas H.P. Andersen _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
