[kata-dev] Mentoring/ Internship Opportunties!

Kendall Nelson kennelson11 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 24 16:22:00 UTC 2021


Hello again!

I wanted to check in one more time to see if anyone was interested in
getting involved with mentoring? And have some free student labor :)

The window is closing but I am happy to help try to make it happen if
anyone is interested.

-Kendall

On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 8:33 AM Kendall Nelson <kennelson11 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Everyone!
>
> I recently presented this topic at the AC meeting today (Aug 17th) but I
> wanted to make sure we have as much visibility as possible :) So!
>
> There are two opportunities that are rapidly approaching for mentoring
> students to work on Kata Containers.
>
> Outreachy
> - Would be one intern from December until March
> - Next Steps- Get setup as a project in the program + propose a project
> for the potential intern to work on
> - Deadline to get project proposal submitted: September 3rd
>
> Boston University
> - Would be about 5 students working together from September till December
> - Next Step- I will connect mentor(s) interested with the professor and
> help you draft a project proposal for the students to work on
> - Deadline to get draft project proposal submitted: September 2nd
>
> Both opportunities would be great to get involved in! If you are
> interested in mentoring but are scared about the time commitment, you can
> co mentor with another, but in my experience it ranges from one to three
> hours a week, where most of the time is spent reviewing the
> students/mentee's patches.
>
> These sorts of opportunities are really good for bringing new
> contributors into the community. New contributors bring different
> perspectives and new energy which is worth a lot, especially these days
> when we all have been in a bit of a slump the last couple years with the
> virus, etc.
>
> If you are interested in one of these, please let me know ASAP! I am happy
> to answer any questions I can and support Kata getting involved!
>
> -Kendall Nelson (diablo_rojo)
>
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