Thanks for sharing this Boris. I will be applying to Gsoc 2022 for CloudStack as a mentee this year. It's likely a bit early to ask but if there are any suggestions in regards to creating a top notch proposal, please feel free to share them as well.
Best, Daman Arora. Blog: https://daemonsets.github.io GitHub: https://github.com/Damans227 On Mon., Jan. 17, 2022, 9:40 a.m. Boris Stoyanov, < boris.stoya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > GSoC 22 has been announced and the timeline is now available. Last year we > had great success with our students having them all completed their > assignments and I hope this year comes with even better results. From Feb > 7th organizations can start submitting their applications for the program > and I think now it’s good time to start preparing. If nobody objects, I’d > like to step up and coordinate our GSoC involvement this year. I’ll help > with info and support for students and mentors if they need to, also will > be responsible to report back to you results and make sure we take the most > of the program. > > Please checkout the timeline here: > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline > > Also have a look at the general information at: > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com > > To submit your idea please create a GitHub issue at the official ACS > project with label “gsoc22”, we’ll later review and work with the ASF guys > to make this list available for applications. You will also need to > register as a mentor. To become a mentor you don’t need to be committer or > PMC, you need to have an idea and the will to support and guide a student > developing it. Registering is also easy, please send an email to private@ > and ask to be recognized as such, I can’t think of a reason for someone to > be dropped by this, it’s more or less anti-flooding mech. I believe > individuals that have mentored already does not need to apply again, will > get back to you if it turns otherwise. > > The idea: > > * Aim at low hanging fruits – we have a limited time for completing > this project and most of the time it will be somebody just starting his > career so think of something achievable > * Spend some time defining it good and appealing, after all it needs > to catch an eye of an applicant > > The tech: > > * Avoid domain specific tech – expecting a student to be aware of > specific technology or product integration in Cloudstack is not really > realistic, or pick something that can be easily understand fast > * Stick to common tech – think of a task related to particular > framework we use, or enchasing a common functionality this way it will > sound more familiar to people and it will pick more eyes, eventually > candidates > > Changes this year: > > > https://opensource.googleblog.com/2021/11/expanding-google-summer-of-code-in-2022.html > > > > TL;DR: > > There’s three new changes this year, some of which can be taken into > consideration: > > > > 1. Eligibility: the only requirement now is to be above 18, you don’t > need to prove you’re student now. This will open up the door for more > candidates > 2. Projects come with different sizes – we can now submit large and mid > size projects, please indicate this in the github item > > * Mid - ~175hrs until August > * Large - ~350hrs until November > > 1. Increased Flexibility – projects can be now 12 or 22 weeks, despite > having strict deadline like last year (end of August), looks like it can be > extended to 22week now. > > > > Please directly add your project idea, and of course if you have questions > I’ll be available to help. > > > > Thanks, > > Bobby. > > > >
