Given the risk in a formal certification program, we could look to support contributors intrinsic motivation by reducing barriers to entry and supporting a positive on-boarding experience.
On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Pedro Giffuni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ram; > > We are strictly non-profit here so I am not sure how far > we could go with such certifications. I think it's a > delicate matter and sooner or later someone would likely > complain about students being exploited or your company > making money in exchange of ASF certificates. > > We certainly can have a Wiki page for students to register > their projects and ideas and if their projects are really > good we would almost certainly invite them to become > Apache committers but that as far as we can go (I think). > > cheers, > > Pedro. > > --- Mer 28/3/12, [email protected] ha scritto: > >> Hi Rob, >> >> Well, the large talent pool is available here in India with >> millions of >> students graduating in Engineering,MCA(Master of computer >> applications). >> They all look for a project for their final semester. We can >> somehow try to >> attract them but they also try to see what is the >> benefit for them. Most >> of these guys they learn C/Java as part of their >> syllabus.But we need to >> retrain them as they generally just try to pass and >> not to be master of >> it. >> So we need to train them and make them useful. >> >> I have not seen the code base yet but based on the search >> results what i >> have understood is that it is implemented in >> >> Java, >> OOBasic, >> Cpp, >> Python, >> XSL, >> ooRexx >> >> From Freshers point of view they prefer the new languages >> like >> Java(ofcourse it is a old one but still new when compared to >> C/C++) or >> advanced stuff like Android. But still we can train people >> in C++ but it is >> easy to attract people for Java. >> >> If we know the exact requirement of people then we can try >> to gather the >> people and train them and make them good to contribute to >> the project. >> >> We have a software training institute and staff are from top >> MNC's.Lot of >> students approach us for Live Projects to gain some real >> experience. >> >> So we may try to accept the people and train them. We charge >> the students >> for training as we have to pay the trainers. >> Ultimately what students expect is an experience letter from >> Apache so that >> they can utilise it for future employment. In addition to >> issuing the >> certificate we should have their contribution mentioned in >> our website >> otherwise other job seekers will fake the cetificates. >> >> I think if the company(Apache) is ready to issue a >> certificate mentioning >> their contribution towards the project and list their >> contribution in AOO >> website then it should definetly work. >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> Ram, >> Im Software Systems >> >
