[opensuse-boosters] Fwd: Re: openSuSE summer-of-code analog

18 Aug 2010

      See below.So this dude (and maybe others) are looking for junior jobs. And I've heard from some prusnak dude here in the office that you're working on that. What can I do to get this guy a mentor?

Cheers,
Jos

BTW I already attemped to contact the ucosp.ca organisation, sorry for being so pro-active :D

Check their site out, we can be the 'creme de la creme' there, as there is little competition.

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Subject: Re: openSuSE summer-of-code analog
Date: Tuesday 17 August 2010, 20:39:31
From: Edward Bassett 
To: Jos Poortvliet 

HI, Jos.
Thanks for the quick reply.

I didn't actually have anything concrete in mind, unfortunately.
I actually only just thought of asking you guys about this and figured
I'd better act quickly and think afterwards. ;)
Details are available here: ucosp.ca - including info about what the
Project would be committing itself too.
There's a link there too to what's been done in the past, to give you
an idea of scope.

Does anything spring to your mind as being something that would
benefit from some undergrad love?
Where is the best place for me to go looking for outstanding work?

I wouldn't mind something KDE-related.

Note that classes start in 3 weeks, so I really haven't left you much
time. (Sorry!)
There's a possibility that I could do this in the term beginning in
January instead. That would give you more time to get organized. But I
have a guaranteed slot in the program right now, and I'm not sure that
I want to risk that just for the *possibility* of doing it next term.

As to me, I'm far from a whiz at programming, but I'm no slouch
either. I get good marks, but don't have a lot of experience.

Cheers,
-Edward

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Jos Poortvliet
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On Tuesday 17 August 2010 18:25:54 Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
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Forwarding you to Jos.
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Edward Bassett
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Hi, Zonker.
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I know this isn't your job anymore, and I apologize for spamming you,
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but I'm hoping that you can point me to the correct contact.
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I'm an undergrad, and my university (University of Alberta) is
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participating in an open-source-development-for-credit program
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(ucosp.ca) - think of it as something like Google Summer of Code.
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I wouldn't mind doing something with openSuSE under this program.
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The project would have to provide a mentor and some direction (more
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details at the website above).
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Thanks,
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-Edward
Thanks Joe!
Hi Edward,
Sounds exciting. What did you have in mind?
cheers,
Jos
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