Re: Hiring mentors for Google Summer of Code 2020

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-03-23 15:45:16

On 2/22/20 3:22 PM, David Bellot via Boost wrote:
> Hi Boost community,
> 
> we are recruiting the mentors for the Google Summer of Code 2020. If you
> wish to be a mentor, please contact me directly and I'll send you an invite.
> 
> We need at least 10 mentors this year. Obviously, a mentor comes with ideas
> of projects and proposals for this Summer.
> 
> Best regards,
> David

Hmmmm - mentors get paid?  This is the first time I heard of this.  I 
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