On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Paul W. Frields wrote: ... > > I think we need to be careful about delineating any differences between > the interns and summer coders. Interns should be expected to perform at > a higher and more intense level of effort. However, I could see one or > more summer coders working in concert with one or more interns on > related projects. In that case the mentors for the summer coders should > plan and coordinate with whoever is responsible for the interns in > question. > While they could work on related projects, a stipulation for the SoC students is that they must work on their particular project alone. If we want them to work on a project that closely connects to something larger, we'll have to set aside a dedicated slice of that project for the SoC student. > > It's important also that for both interns and summer coders -- > especially the former -- that the emphasis be on building things that > are going to be community enablers, preferably visible ones. Whatever > work is done should be documented to an extent that the community has a > chance to continue working or improving on it as needed. I would consider that a reasonable expectation on any project. The work will need to be documented in order to show progress and completion as part of the SoC program, anyway. Both of these points tie back to accountability for the coders and usability for the rest of the project. That's a very important part of both the intern and SoC programs, and I don't see either succeeding without adequately addressing these concerns. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64@xxxxxxxxx http://n-man.com/ LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/nman64 Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! http://rate.affero.net/nman64/ All messages cryptographically signed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPGP --
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