Hi,
I've been on the Google summit for mentor orgs and this topic often came by.
Students will be introduced to open source and how to contribute to our
project, but we don't have to teach them how to code or how do math or
how to develop (3d) software in general.
The attention students get usually is quite a lot better than volunteers
get who want to come on board. (Something we should improve). But
disregarding background, we require high quality contributions from
everyone, whether volunteer student or paid contractors.
-Ton-
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Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org
Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute
Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands
On 27/02/2019 12:33, Fable Fox wrote:
Hi Ton,
I do respect you but are you sure with what are you saying?
From google summer of code website
"Spend your summer break writing code and learning about open source
development while earning a stipend!"
from gsoc student guide
"Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that matches students up
with open source, free software and technology-related organizations to
write code and get paid to do it! The organizations provide mentors who act
as guides through the entire process, from learning about the community to
contributing code. The idea is to get students involved in and familiar
with the open source community and help them to put their summer break to
good use.
Accepted students gain exposure to real-world software development and
employment opportunities in areas related to their academic pursuits.
Participating organizations are able to identify and bring in new
developers."
I think the key point is to introduce students to open source, NOT making
them your paid developer. They are student first, contractor last. Let's
not make history repeat itself.
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:43:21 +0100
From: Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Bf-committers] Google Summer of Code - 14th time!
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Hi,
We've been selected to participate in the GSoC again, this is the 14th
time we're participating!
In the coming weeks we'll get a lot of students on this list asking for
questions. Especially the infamous "please guide me, I don't know where
to start".
The short answer is - we have that information on the google webpage:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6617016799068160/
Or more directly, on our wiki:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/GSoC
The best students are always the ones who come with proposals based on
their past experience, what they learned already and what they are
motivated for to work on. GSoC is not a learning program, it's not even
internship - it's a well paid summer holidays job. Students will have to
come with a convincing project proposal. It's their responsibility!
That being said, of course anyone who's new is always welcome to ask
questions or to get help.
Laters,
-Ton-
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Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org
Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute
Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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