Vijay Barve shares his extensive journey in open source contributions, notably through Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) from 2011 to 2020, highlighting successes and skills acquired over the years. He emphasizes the importance of good communication with mentors, early project planning, and the satisfaction of contributing to open source projects. Additionally, he encourages more students from smaller institutions to participate and provides guidance on the application process and potential monetization strategies for open source work.

1. Vijay Barve
Open Source and
my journey
-Open source contributor
GSoC mentor

4. OSS Journey
● Late 1990s Linux
● Open Office, PHP, Wikipedia
● Contribution on translation Marathi Mozilla / Firefox
● Contributed to more that 10 R packages

5. Google Summer of Code
Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more
student developers into open source software development. Students
work with an open source organization on a 10 week programming
project during their break from school.
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

6. GSoC 2011
● Learnt about the program late.
● Tried to write up an application in
few days.
● No proper communication with
mentors.
-Did not make it

7. GSoC 2012
● Early start and was on lookout
● Better skills in R
● Found right project
● Completed the tests on time
● Good communication with mentors
-Successful application and program

8. GSoC 2013-2015
● Designed own projects
● Managed to get good mentors
● Posted strong proposals
2013-2015
-Successful application
and program

9. GSoC 2016-2019
● Worked with other mentors
to design new projects
● Worked with students to
refine and propose projects
-Several successful projects
converted into R packages on
CRAN
2016-2019

10. GSoC 2020
● Invited to be Organization Admin for R
● Continued working with other mentors
and ex-students to design new
projects
● Worked with new students to refine
and propose projects
Several successful projects converted
into R packages on CRAN.

11. GSoC Application process guidance
● Guide through process with
some simple steps
● Help with emails to Mentors,
github practice, mini projects
etc.
● Would love to see more
students from smaller
institutions

12. Why to Contribute
● Fun
● Satisfaction
● Improve skills
● Improve understanding of the product
● Resume builder
● Participation in programs like GSoC

13. Making money
● Donations or Gifts
● Hosted versions
● Paid training / Certification
● Paid Support
● Dual Licensing
● Paid features and functionalities
● Bug bounty programs
● Get hired on OSS skills

14. Contact
Email: vijay.gsoc@gmail.com
Twitter: @vijaybarve
Website: http://vijaybarve.net/
WA/Telegram: +91 98457 24832