> FYI, some info on Google's SoC: > http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2009/faqs.html > > Being a mentor involves working with a student, answering questions, making > sure they are making progress and finishing their project. It can take 5 > hours or more per week depending on how much you put into it, but by far the > most important process is vetting the student BEFORE they begin to make sure > they really know what they are getting in to and that they can do the work. > It helps to live close to the student (in the same country or speak the same > language). We always get a lot of European students. The unfortunate part is > that Google bases their calendar on the US school schedule which is often > different from European schedules. >
This also looks like a helpful page: http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
