<div dir="ltr"><div>Quick bump: we're still looking for more mentors for this year's Google Summer of Code. We'd love to have some of our former mentors re-join us this year, or welcome new mentors. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about mentoring.<br><br></div>Dustin<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Dustin J. Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dustin@buildbot.net" target="_blank">dustin@buildbot.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>For the last five years, Buildbot has participated in the Google Summer of Code, mentoring students while they work on development projects. Let's do it again!<br><br></div>Here's what we need:<br><br></div>1. A co-administrator<br><br>Administrators represent the organization to google, helping handle student applications, keeping students and mentors on track during the year, and handling any situations that come up during the year (e.g., failing a student.. it happens).<br><br></div>I'll be co-administering again this year (unless we get two eager co-administrators!), but Google wisely requires two co-admins.<br><br></div><div>2. Mentors<br><br></div><div>Each mentor works directly with one student (typically two mentors to a student; see below), helping them either with the organizational bits like keeping to a schedule and measuring progress; or with the technical aspects of the Buildbot codebase. You don't have to be an expert Buildbot hacker to mentor!<br><br></div><div>3. Feedback from previous years<br><br></div><div>We've had a number of mentors over the years, and aside from welcoming you back for 2016, I'd love feedback from you on how we might run things differently this year. One question I'm particularly interested in is this: is it useful to keep the two-mentors-per-student ratio, or should we try one-to-one?<br></div><div><br></div>Applications are due on the 19th, so we'll be drafting our application at the next Tuesday 16:30UTC meeting in #buildbot.<br><br>Let us know how you can help!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Dustin<br></font></span></div>
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