[Phylobase-devl] Phylobase GSoC idea

[Hilmar Lapp]

On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Ben Bolker wrote:

>    Hmmm.  Maybe I could co-mentor ... (5 hours/week sounds like
>  a lot ...)


I know it does, but we have learned from last year that there is no  
point in trying to downplay this. Some students may in fact turn out  
to do fine with a little less, but that would be luck more than  
anything else.

Having the mentoring is one of the key things that differentiates the  
Google program from others and from just participating by  
volunteering, and it makes a huge difference for students. Google  
gets pretty upset if an organization doesn't take that seriously.

I would in fact not look at it as the hours is costs per week. The  
program gives you the chance (in fact, that's its purpose) to gain a  
new developer for your project who may stick around long after the  
Summer of Code concludes. Spending 5 hours a week or a little more  
over a 12-week summer doesn't sound like a terrible price to pay for  
that, does it?

Plus - you'll get a Summer of Code T-shirt. How many of your  
colleagues have that? How many of your friends? Isn't that priceless ;-)

	-hilmar
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