+1 to a new channel, imo it will give that safe space to newcomers. Also happy to be flagged as a mentor, helper, contact point or whatever to the newcomers.
On 8/11/21 21:10, Joshua McKenzie wrote: > Asking questions in front of 600 people (even virtually) can be > prohibitively hard for a lot of people. I'm with Ekaterina; flagging > certain people in the channel as "available to mentor" so new contributors > would know who they could reach out to 1:1 to get situated and potentially > build some confidence would probably help. > > That said, a new channel is low friction and a worthy experiment too. > I'm +1 to trying it out. > > ~Josh > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:02 PM David Capwell <dcapw...@apple.com.invalid> > wrote: > >>> Do newcomers feel confident enough to ask questions there? >> We get a few a quarter, guess the bigger question is “why do we not get >> more”? I don’t have issues following another channel, glad to help where I >> can. Another channel is low effort so I don’t have any issues trying to >> see if it helps. >> >>> On Nov 8, 2021, at 9:12 AM, Benjamin Lerer <b.le...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> cassandra-dev has low enough volume that newbie questions can be >>>> accommodated. >>>> >>> I agree that we could deal with newbie questions on the cassandra-dev >>> channel. The question for me is more: Do newcomers feel confident enough >> to >>> ask questions there? >>> >>> Can we try anything different like people who volunteer as mentors to be >>>> contacted with questions at the beginning before people start feeling >>>> comfortable with channels? >>>> >>> The main problem that we have with mentors currently is that it can be >>> difficult for newcomers to find people that can help them as mentors. We >>> would need to find a way to communicate that clearly. In my mind the new >>> channel could have been used also for that. >>> >>> I do not know if a channel would help. The idea makes sense to me but I >>> would have loved to have some confirmation from people that are >> interested >>> in contributing or that are newcomers working on their first patches. >>> >>> Le lun. 8 nov. 2021 à 17:55, Ekaterina Dimitrova <e.dimitr...@gmail.com> >> a >>> écrit : >>> >>>> Can we try anything different like people who volunteer as mentors to be >>>> contacted with questions at the beginning before people start feeling >>>> comfortable with channels? >>>> They can also be per specific area or something like that? >>>> >>>> I also feel that not many people will use another public channel, >>>> especially someone shy in very early career. >>>> >>>> On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 11:39, Jeff Jirsa <jji...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> New developers or new users? I'd be afraid that a new developer-focused >>>>> channel might not get many eyes (or, it'll get the same 600 eyes, and >>>> it'll >>>>> have the same problem). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 8:29 AM Benjamin Lerer <ble...@apache.org> >> wrote: >>>>>> Hi everybody, >>>>>> >>>>>> Aleksei Zotov mentioned to me that it was a bit intimidating for >>>>> newcomers >>>>>> to ask beginner questions in the cassandra-dev channel as it has over >>>> 600 >>>>>> followers and that we should probably have a specific channel for >>>>>> newcomers. >>>>>> This proposal makes total sense to me. >>>>>> >>>>>> What is your opinion on this? Do you have any concerns about it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Benjamin >>>>>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org
