Oh. Wow. I did not know you followed it Amogh after I had to pass it on :). That's cool. I think we should be more vocal about those kinds of mentorships / internships. This is really cool that there are such opportunities out there :).
J,. On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 1:41 PM Amogh Desai <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Team, > > Hope you're all doing well. > > Big thanks to Jarek for kicking off this conversation. > > I wanted to share my experience with the MLH Fellowship in fall 2023. I had > the pleasure of mentoring two awesome fellows, and it was a blast. > > During the fellowship, we spent a few weeks getting up to speed, had some > office hours chats, and tackled various challenges together. > > One of the interns focused on Airflow UI (not something you see every > day!), and their contributions are right here > < > https://github.com/apache/airflow/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed+author%3Atheaadya+ > >. > Pretty impressive stuff! > > I learned a lot from them, and I believe this experience not only boosts > personal knowledge but also brings valuable additions to the project. > > Though I can't take on more mentoring right now, I'd love to do it again in > the future. Meanwhile, I encourage anyone with moderate knowledge to > consider joining this fantastic program. It's a chance to make a > difference, learn, and be part of an awesome community. > > Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. > > Thanks & Regards, > Amogh Desai > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 3:26 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The fellowship starts 29th of Jan *2024 * of course :) > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 10:53 AM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello Airflow Community, > > > > > > TL;DR; I am looking for a (volunteer) co-mentor to join me in > > > mentoring 2 Fellows from Major League Hacking Spring 2024. From the > > > past experiences, I know it's a very important thing to have two > > > co-mentors, because that allows them to share the (small) extra load > > > and be responsive regardless of temporary personal issues and the load > > > of a single mentor. > > > > > > If you are potentially interested - read on for more details. > > > > > > # What am I asking for ? > > > > > > If you would like to join me in being a co-mentor - feel free to reach > > > out to me personally. We have time till 10th of January to fill a form > > > that will help MLH to choose and assign the right Fellows, so ideally > > > finding a co-mentor till the end of next week would be perfect. > > > > > > The MLH Spring 2024 Fellowship starts 29th of Jan 2023 and will last > > > ~ 12 weeks (so ends ~ end of April) . > > > > > > I also have quite some experience in mentoring - so I am happy to > > > mentor new mentors who would like to try but do not know what they are > > > signing up for :). Also reach out on slack if you are not sure, Happy > > > to answer any questions. > > > > > > # What do you get from it as mentor? > > > > > > Mostly fame and glory (but also abilitiy to lead advancement of > > > something you want to do in Airflow by having someone who will work on > > > it). It's also an opportunity to help others to grow and - what I find > > > most important is to learn from the less experienced, new community > > > members. I've learned a lot from all past mentees. The mentor <-> > > > mentee relationship works both ways. It's an opportunity also to > > > exercise your empathy but sometimes also assertiveness, and sometimes > > > even assertivness to be able to tell someone they are probably not > > > well fit for the project after trying to get things working long > > > enough. It can sometimes involve hard conversations but if you like > > > opennes and transparency - even if it is hard sometimes, this is the > > > right thing to do. And when things work out, it gets very rewarding > > > seeing the mentees are growing (see success stories below). > > > > > > # Some more context and information: > > > > > > MLH asked us to participate in Fall 2023 but I personally had no > > > capacity to commit to it - however I missed mentoring and internship > > > long enough (After two successful Outreachy internships) that I > > > reserved some of my time to mentor the fellows from MLH this year. > > > > > > We have not worked with MLH yet but it seems they know what they are > > > doing, they offer quite a bit of help and "mentoring the mentors" and > > > they have sponsors who are happy to sponsor two fellows to do an > > > internship for Airflow. Also the fellows are going to be already > > > pretty experienced developers who know Python and should be capable of > > > implementing tasks mostly on their own following our regular > > > contribution process. > > > > > > # What mentoring is about? > > > > > > - finding the right-sized (small-ish) projects for the interns to > > > complete and few lead-up issues that will let them familiarise with > > > the area > > > - setting up the mentees for success - i.e. mentor them and help them > > > to contribute in the "usual" way > > > - helping the mentees to succeed - i.e. guiding them in the right > > > direction, help them when they struggle - both when it comes to > > > Airflow internals as well (and that might be more important) with > > > communication/contribution issues > > > - the Spring Fellowship for > > > > > > # Projects for Airflow > > > > > > I have not yet proposed the topics - the topics depend on the > > > co-mentor as we both should be able to help the mentees in their work > > > and guide them if they need help. This is also an opportunity to > > > accomplish something that you want to get in Airflow but have no time > > > to complete it yourself/focus mainly on something else. And we have an > > > opportunity to bring in aspiring people who might bring a lot of value > > > long-term for the community. > > > > > > # Examples and success stories from the past > > > > > > There are past examples of successful projects we've done with such > > > internships. From my experience it's a very rewarding (but also > > > mentally quite a bit demanding from mentor) experience and we've had > > > quite a few successes in the past with our mentees - including several > > > of them being able to advance their careers in IT - at least partially > > > thanks to their internship with Airflow. We've had notably Kamil > > > Breguła, Kaxil, Elad as mentors and a number of others who helped our > > > interns to succeed. > > > > > > * Airflow REST API -> was done as the first Outreachy Internship with > > > Ephraim being one of the interns (and now PMC, Committer, full-time > > > employed in Open Source/Airflow) > > > > > > * Improving Developer/Contributor Documentation - with Google Season > > > of Docs where Elena - Technical Writer - helped us to restructure and > > > improve the docs for contributors. I keep in touch with Elena from > > > time to time - she is now leading a team of Tech Writers. > > > > > > * Rewriting Breeze in Python - some people might remember that Breeze > > > has been originally implemented in Bash (:scream:) by me. During the > > > Outreachy internship with Edith and Bowrna we rewrote Breeze to Python > > > (and it helped us to make it much easier to maintain and evolve). Both > > > Bowrna and Edith got jobs related to Open-Source, Bowrna continues to > > > contribute to Airflow pretty regularly. > > > > > > Also - you can find more information about MLH Fellowship here: > > > https://fellowship.mlh.io/ > > > > > > Feel free to reach out to me if you are interested. > > > > > > J. > > > > > >
