Re: Hiring mentors for Google Summer of Code 2020

From: David Bellot (david.bellot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-03-28 05:42:46

>
> Hmmis thmm - mentors get paid?  This is the first time I heard of this.
>

No they're not. Once again, I'm not using the right English word. You
guessed it, I'm not a native speaker and my language shares so many words
with English but with sometimes a subtle difference in the meaning. :-D

Anyway, last year, we ended up with some money that has been shared among
mentors. But it's unusual, and certainly not the rule. Sometimes it
happens. Most of the time not. I mentored since 2013 and I think I received
money once or twice, maybe. But for sure, I had fun doing it

By the way, do you want to participate as a mentor this year?

did it a couple of years ago and didn't get paid.  I did get invited to
> an "unconference" at google.  It was kind of interesting to see the
> google campus.  And I was very impressed with the quality of free food
> available seemingly on demand.  I couldn't help but wonder if google
> employees are overweight.
>
> Also - I was under the impression that ideas for projects and proposals
> came not from mentors but from applicants and that this was the basis
> for accepting/rejecting proposals.
>
> Just curious about this.
>
> Robert Ramey
>
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