Anybody can be a great mentor ... maybe

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Mustafa K. Isik isik@codesurgeon.com

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Anybodycanbe a greatmentor
Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit 2010
Mustafa K. Isik
isik@codesurgeon.com

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Some thoughts to get our discussion going …

Challenges
Student background.
Mentoring experience.

Students come from a background of smelly code.
Also known as university

Student Experiences
small code bases
100 to 5K LOC
little to no pre-existing code
small, local teams if any at all
equally inexperienced
little to no clue about tools in the trenches
build, test, analysis

What to convey?
Where to begin?
Where are the limits?

Goals
Your student has them.
And so should you.

Be clear and open about your goals,
metrics
, involvement
& motivation.
 transparency

Where does micro-management end?
Where does neglect begin?

Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't.
Not without your help.
But you're not helping. Leon: What do you mean, I'm not helping? Holden: I mean: you're not helping! Why is that, Leon?

Don‘t let your student‘s belly bake in the sun!

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