Re: [Qemu-devel] Summer of Code 2010

[Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:53:15 +0100 (CET)
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:31:23 +0100 (CET)
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> > > 
> > > >  Google has this wonderful program called Summer of Code, in which open 
> > > > source projects like ours, suggest possible projects and provide mentors 
> > > > to help selected students to do them.
> > > > 
> > > >  It's a great opportunity for students to get in touch with open source 
> > > > development, also good for us to get some projects done and more people 
> > > > involved (students are paid too, btw).
> > > 
> > > Note that some students do not finish up their work, do not get properly 
> > > involved with the project, get the pay check, and then go somewhere else. 
> > > The time of the mentor is quite possibly just wasted in such a case. Quite 
> > > frustrating experience, believe me.
> > 
> >  I think that the role of the mentor is close to that of a teacher, from
> > this pov, it's not just wasted time at all (even if the project 'fails').
> 
> If you think that mentoring is fun, then you are seriously mistaken. It is 
> first, and foremost, and probably only, work.

 I've never been a mentor, so I won't refute that.

> And if you do not get something back in return for all that work, it is 
> awful.

 You've done a great job as a git hacker and as a mentor (as far as I
could see), so I feel sorry if you feel like that.