On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 00:28, João Paquim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > My name is João Paquim, and I'm working on my application for GSOC 2012. > I could use some tips from you guys, I'm having some difficulty choosing > something to work on, I've spent some time looking at the Ideas list, but I > can't help but feel a little lost. There are many things that would interest > me, but I would need some guidance in preparing the application. How many > people regularly have their GSOC applications rejected? > > Here's what it currently looks like, I've filled in whatever I could: > " > Name: > > João Paquim > > > Email Address: > > main: [email protected] > secondary: [email protected] > > > Freenode IRC Nick: > > JPaquim > > IM Service and Username: > > > Location (City, Country and/or Time Zone): > > Lisbon, Portugal (GMT) > > > Proposal Title: > > > Motivation for Proposal / Goal: > > I've wanted to get involved with an open-source project for some time, > but always found making the move a bit too mind-perplexing. > GSOC makes this a lot easier, making the whole thing more comfortable > when it comes to contacting the organizations, besides providing financial > incentive. > I want to know what it feels like to be a part of a large project, and > take my software development skills to the real world. > > > Implementation Details: > > > Tentative Timeline (in weekly intervals until 2 weeks after the end of > GSoC): > > . > Do you have other obligations from late May to early August (school, work, > vacation, etc.)? Please note > that we expect the Summer of Code to be a full-time, 40-hr a week > occupation. It is important to be clear > and upfront about other commitments that you may have during that time. > > I'll have classes until 25/05, 6 tests from 2/06 until 15/06, and > recovery exams from 23/06 until 29/06. > I'll try to avoid the recovery exams, and even with all the tests, I'll > still be pretty available during June. > I have no obligations during July or August, however. > > > About Me (let us know who you are!): > > I'm a first year Aerospace Engineering student at IST, and I've been > interested in programming for a couple of years now. > I started out learning Python. I learned basic programming concepts, but > stopped for some time, I can't really recall why. > A year ago, I decided to try out Linux. I started with Ubuntu, jumped > around between the different flavors and other distros based on it: > Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, among others. I resumed my Python learning, > learning a bit of PyQt, and after some time decided to tackle C. > During my first semester at the University, I had a class on programming > (with C). > I worked on a project (a game using the Allegro library) and finished > the class with a grade of 19 (out of 20). > On my free time, I learned C++, a bit of Common Lisp and Prolog, and > some Bash scripting. > I'm really kind of addicted to programming and the variety of languages > out there ;) > Nowadays, I'm using Arch Linux with KDE 4.8 as my main OS, I have been > learning Qt for a couple of months and the KDE libs, git and x86 assembly > for about a week. > "
Hello João, Thanks for contacting us. GSoC is a very competitive program, I don't have the exact numbers at hand but the spots are limited so I expect that more than half of the proposals aren't accepted. For those KDE hosts the Summer of KDE, a program similar to GSoC where KDE provides a mentor to a student, the only difference is that the student doesn't get paid. In my experience, for a GSoC project to work the student needs to be strongly motivated for his/her project. I suggest you take another look at the ideas page - I can't choose a project for you ;) Once you pick an idea, if you need guidance it's best to write to the mailing list of the project that would mentor your idea. Cheers, -- Teo >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
