On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 13:57:12 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 07:30:26 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D
Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn
of Code!
We're looking for three university students to hack on D this
autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of
potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the
Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details.
Spread the word!
https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/
"join us" for
"submit an application" -> apply (confusing otherwise)
Maybe sum up and make clear that each student can earn between
$3000-4000, instead of capped at $1k.
Why limit it to students? If the goal is to have a youth
injection, just use an age limit- say 18-25- I see no reason
for the stupid college bias.
Hi Joakim.
Thanks for suggestions.
Sure, thanks for funding this worthwhile initiative.
I don't know what legal aspects there are relating to targeting
age in different countries. We are definitely targeting people
earlier in their careers. I agree with you that talent isn't
only found amongst students, and I've in the past hired someone
that didn't even finish high school and has gone on to do good
work for the D community. So as far as Symmetry goes we are
very open to unusual talent. A degree is just one piece of
interesting information.
Yes, but the current requirements exclude, for example, recent
college grads who may not be employed yet and might do much
better work than a harried college student. I don't know the
legal risks in detail, but I can't imagine the risk/reward to
opening it up would favor the current limitation.
