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Outreachy: A mentor’s tale

Daniel Baluta

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What is Outreachy?

  • www.outreachy.org
  • Mentorship & internships in free & open source software
  • Open to underrepresented groups (see flyers)
  • 3 months paid internship
  • $5500 stipend
  • Fantastic experience both for mentors and interns!

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Mentorship

  • Project proposal
    • 1 paragraph describing the project
    • Small tasks
  • Application period
    • drivers/staging/ + mentor designed small tasks
    • lots of cleanup patches
    • checkpatch.pl, sparse, coccinelle
  • Internship
    • 3 months
    • weekly meetings
    • interaction with community

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Projects

  • http://kernelnewbies.org/OutreachyIntro
  • Move IIO tools out of staging
  • Enhance and move IIO dummy kernel module out of staging
  • Write an IIO driver from scratch
  • QR codes for Linux kernel OOPS
  • y2038 drivers cleanup
  • Coccinelle

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Why be a mentor?

  • networking
  • Linux kernel Outreachy constantly tops as a kernel contributor
  • offload your work
  • learn new skills
  • (in)directly support local community

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Why be an intern?

  • fun
  • great support from community
  • learn from experienced mentors
  • 5500$
  • conferences
  • job opportunities

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