> I think you touch the most important point here. I'm one of the main > people who manage GSoC for KDE. KDE is the biggest org taking part in > GSoC this year in terms of number of students mentored. In addition we > are running our own program (Season of KDE) next to it. So in total > I'd say we've mentored about 100 students through these programs this > year alone. We didn't get there by accident. You know what the main > benefit of GSoC is in my opinion? Getting an organisation into the > mindset of mentoring - into the mindset of "yes we need to train new > people because they can do awesome things even if they screw up > sometimes on the way there". >
+1000. I <3 that way of thinking and I'd very much like our community to have the same attitude towards GSoC. We're a community working towards education of the world. Participating in GSoC as a mentoring organization is a right fit. - Ryan _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
