Lessons on Recruiting Open Source Contributors from the Google Summer of Code
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Recruiting open-source contributors
OR
Make your mentoring full of win
Donnie BerkholzCouncil Member, Gentoo LinuxAnalyst, RedMonk@dberkholz
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Gentoo's GSoC statistics
●2006 10/14 pass 7/10 developers●2007 8/9 pass 2/8 developers●2008 5/6 pass 1/5 developers●2009 6/7 pass 4/6 developers●2010 16/19 pass 11/16 developers●2011 14/15 pass ??/14 developers
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0. 0. SetSet goals & goals & measuremeasure progress progress0. 0. SetSet goals & goals & measuremeasure progress progress
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1. Establish the 1. Establish the expectationexpectation that most contributors become that most contributors become long-term developerslong-term developers
1. Establish the 1. Establish the expectationexpectation that most contributors become that most contributors become long-term developerslong-term developers
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2. Make them 2. Make them interact as a true interact as a true communitycommunity member, member, not through a not through a mentor's mentor's conduitconduit
2. Make them 2. Make them interact as a true interact as a true communitycommunity member, member, not through a not through a mentor's mentor's conduitconduit
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3. Don't let 3. Don't let them them slipslip away. away. Sometimes, Sometimes, all you have all you have to do is to do is askask..
3. Don't let 3. Don't let them them slipslip away. away. Sometimes, Sometimes, all you have all you have to do is to do is askask..
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Steps to mentoring success
0. Choose and track goals1. Set expectations2. Interact as a community3. Maintain the connection
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Donnie BerkholzCouncil Member, Gentoo LinuxAnalyst, RedMonk@dberkholz