Re: What kind of time commitment does the program require? Full time or part time?

[Shawn O. Pearce]

Its up to the organization, not so much Google. Most organizations
will prefer you to spend closer to 40 hours per week on your project,
as they really want to see their students dedicate themselves to their
projects and produce something cool in the end. However some
organizations have in the past allowed students to still take classes
while working on GSoC. For example, last year during GSoC 2007 the
student I mentored lives in the southern hemisphere and was doing GSoC
during his winter break from classes, not during his summer break
(different calendar from the US). I don't think he got as much out of
the program as if he could dedicate himself 100%, but we were still
happy with his progress and passed him.

Talk to your potential mentor(s). Find out how they feel about it.


On Apr 2, 2:55 am, sivahar...@gmail.com wrote:
> Does the GSoC program require students to work on the projects full
> time (40 hours per week) or is even part time (20 hours per week)
> accepted?
>
> I am enrolled in a university and plan to take classes during summer.
> Usually along with classes, I intern part time (20 hours per week)
> outside elsewhere. Instead of interning elsewhere, I was thinking of
> spending that time for GSoC.
>
> I went through the FAQ but it didn't firmly answer my question. Any
> help?

[Nandeep Mali]

Please do a search in the Summer of Code Discuss Group in the past topics. I believe this has been addressed before.

Kind Regards
Nandeep

[geoaxis]

Based on my bad experience from last year , I would higly suggest that
you put in full time commitment.
--
Hatim

[Leslie Hawthorn]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:30 AM, <sivah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies guys! That helps.
>
> I am sorry I had to delete the first post as it contained my email
> address. Here's a copy of that if its gonna help anyone:

>
> Does the GSoC program require students to work on the projects full
> time (40 hours per week) or is even part time (20 hours per week)
> accepted?
>
> I am enrolled in a university and plan to take classes during summer.
> Usually along with classes, I intern part time (20 hours per week)
> outside elsewhere. Instead of interning elsewhere, I was thinking of
> spending that time for GSoC.
>
> I went through the FAQ but it didn't firmly answer my question. Any
> help?

The answer is to tell your would-be mentors about your time
constraints and how you plan to budget your time effectively to get
your project done.

Cheers,
LH

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Leslie Hawthorn
Program Manager - Open Source
Google Inc.

http://code.google.com/opensource/

I blog here:

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com - http://www.hawthornlandings.org

[gaowei]

You can discussion your apply for the project in organizations of your
project , whether it would be better?
I would like to edit my application that wiki of the project. but I do
not know, Is it good?

[Robby O'Connor]

Like the FAQ says: it's equivalent to a Full-Time Job.

[Andre Castelo]

> Based on my bad experience from last year , I would higly suggest that
> you put in full time commitment.

Were you a mentor or a student last year ??

[Robby O'Connor]

No, neither -- i've read up on soc though; somebody can feel free to
correct me.