Hi all,
It's time for summer of code again, and we need mentors! Don't worry,
it's
not as scary as you might think. Basically, you'd be put in contact
with a
student who wants to work on Plone over the summer on something
related to
your skill set, and you'd help guide them. You don't write any of
their code,
you don't write tests or apply patches, you just give feedback on what
they've
done and help them integrate into the community.
We'll try and pair students with two mentors to reduce the workload
and give
them more valuable feedback, so don't feel like you'd be soley
responsible.
"But Matt, I don't have time to do this, I have things I need to write!"
Well, obviously we're all very busy, but this is a chance to bring more
people into the community. We can rarely focus months full-time to a
single Plone feature, these students can, and will. They just need
your
help to do so.
It's invaluable to these people to have somebody that has been in the
community for a while talk to people about what they're doing, point
them
in the direction of people they should be talking to, and get
feedback on
what they've written.
"Well, I don't know enough about Plone!"
You likely know more than these students. In particular, if
you've got
commit rights to the Plone repository, not just collective, you
know how
our development practises work and you're not afraid to talk to the
community. That's most of what's needed.
"My job takes up all my time!"
Talk to your employer! If you are assigned to a student I'd be
happy to
put a company logo next to your name in announcements if your
employer
donates some time to you helping your student.
There aren't many emails to keep on top of, you can set office
hours where
your student can drop into IRC to talk to you, and schedule patch
reviewing around your own schedule. Give me an email off list
and we can
talk about how best to manage it.
"What's in it for me?"
A tshirt from Google, praise on our announcements, the good
feeling of
helping someone become part of our community, links to people
doing the
same in other OSS communities, and maybe a trip to Google in
Mountain
View (if we do well we get a certain number of places allocated).
"I'm convinced, sign me up!"
Damn right. Send me an email or grab me on IRC (MatthewWilkes)
Matt
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