2010/3/10 Anthony Sorace <[email protected]>: > As part of the application process, we need to provide a template for > students to use to apply to our org (provided we're accepted). I think what > we used last year was good, but could use some improvement. In particular, I > think we can up our average quality by culling students who aren't really > serious (although there'll always be spammers who apply to everything). > > Some orgs require code samples. That's got merits, but it is a lot of > up-front work for the student working on spec (it's mostly used by larger > orgs). I'd suggest we instead target something that shows the student has > and can work with the system - put your name in a world-writable file on > sources, edit the wiki, or generate a patch (even if just to add your face). > This works for Plan 9 and Inferno, and kinda for p9p. It seems to me that > even if your project is on something else (Glendix, other 9P > implementations) you ought to be able to work with one of those three. > > Thoughts? We need a decision in the next day or so. If nobody objects or has > any other proposals, I'll do something like the above.
I don't think we should shun code samples. I think that we should place more merit on people who have been involved in open source projects, people who have C experience, people who can do concurrent programming and the like. Obviously we can't be too strict. I think interested students should be required to demonstrate that they have the time and perseverance necessary to complete the project. They should participate on 9fans, this list, or something else. Indeed, wiki edits, patch generation, and the like is all useful. Our big foul-up last year was in communication, and, while it's sometimes impossible to avoid that, I think we should somehow place more up-front value on that as well. (Be it via IRC or some other public forum.) --dho > Anthony > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Plan 9 Google Summer of Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc?hl=en.
