On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:48:19 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > I want to become a dev, what's my next step? There is none. Help out, > and maybe someone will notice you? Ok, I'm on it. Been doing it for > years, and I know several other people in the same situation. It doesn't > work, and recruitment numbers are plummeting. > > There needs to be an explicit, documented process. And someone devoted > full-time to mentoring new recruits. I can think of no better long-term > investment of the foundation's money.
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2 documents this from the new developer perspective. Note how it says to contact the recruiters if you don't already have found a mentor yourself. There is also http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/recruiters/ which documents this from the inside, but when I wanted to become a developer I found that more useful documentation :-) So it is explicitly documented. Perhaps not well enough? In that case, let us know what you miss. Hans
