On 3/10/09 10:59 PM, Nicolas Dumazet wrote: > I don't know how to put it "nicely", but the key for GSoC to succeed, > on the mentor/senior devs side, is just to be *very* available. Easy > thing to say, I know, but that would be nice to keep this in mind if > we plan to host students this year. > It's not about having "xx minutes available a day for my student", > it's more of being able to set up in advance regular IRC meetings so > that his (her?) questions can be answered in real-time: being stuck on > your code when it seems like you won't get your questions answered in > a long time particularly sucks; especially when it seems to you that > answers are really simple. > > And it's not only about mentors, but also about having some > "awareness" from devs that students are going to hang around on IRC, > asking for directions, and also sometimes asking (very) naive > questions: let's try not to bite them! =)
Total agreement... I want to make sure that we're able to make students feel welcome and comfortable with the dev community -- not necessarily just talking to the official mentor but feeling like they can ask anybody anything just like they've been 'part of the team' for ages. > So yes, let's move, let's get involved into GSoC again! This is really > a great project, and I'm really looking forward to seeing new faces > around, bringing in new ideas, as naive as they may sound =) :D -- brion _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
