A quick 'hello' and question concerning the dates

[deuns.m...@gmail.com]

Hi, I'm a second-year CS student from France, and a long-time FOSS and
Linux enthusiast, with knowledge in C/C++/Java and various scripting
languages.
At the moment I have an idea of some projects I would like to work for
(in the long-term as well).
My problem is that I will be having lessons and a series of exams
until mid-june, with the coding beginning on May 26th, so I wouldn't
be able to focus my work on the project until then. Is this a
problem ?

Thanks
Denis Martinez

[Stanislav Palatnik]

It won't be a problem as long as you do SOMETHING in the first few
weeks and are willing to pick up the pace once you finish up with your
schoolwork. You have a lot of time here . Remember its the Summer of
Code, not a Month of Code :P



On Mar 4, 1:28 pm, "deuns.marti...@gmail.com"

[deuns.m...@gmail.com]

Thanks for your answer.
I didn't mean school time as 'doing nothing', I just can't be quite as
efficient as during my free time. I just wanted to ask the question,
cause we never know :)
I'd be very excited to participate. Now I can't wait to have a look at
the project lists ;)

[Leslie Hawthorn]

Bonjour Denis,

This can be a problem, but not an insurmountable one.  The most important thing to do is talk to your would-be mentoring organization(s) and let them know about your schedule constraints.  Given the length of the community bonding period, it is possible for you to do some upfront work to get yourself prepared to power through your project with a bit less time, but your mentor must be bought into this plan *and* you will still need to get some code written weekly, even if it is much less than you would like.

HTH,
LH

PS- For those who don't know it, HTH = hope this helps.  If you are having trouble understanding all those acronyms in open source, like RTFM or AFAIK or AFAICT or IIRC, etc., try a web search first. If that fails you, there's always the acronym dictionary: http://www.acronymfinder.com

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Program Manager - Open Source
Google Inc.

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