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> What it means is that if you’re a woman and want to spend 3 months working on the kernel, you can get involved in kernel development without any prior experie
by parennoob 13y ago
> What it means is that if you’re a woman and want to spend 3 months working on the kernel, you can get involved in kernel development without any prior experience, and get paid a bit ($5000).....If you’re not a woman, Google Summer of Code is similar.
Translation: If you are a man and you're reading Path 3, stop now and go to Path 4.
The rest of them seem pretty decent though, so I'll get working on rustboot and such.
[edit: Downvoters, can you explain how someone without any prior kernel experience is supposed to apply and get into the Google Summer of Code program to focus on kernel development? That is an invalid path. See this answer, for example http://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/193zdh/how_competitive_is_google_summer_of_code/ http://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/193zdh/ho.... The only realistic way to get into GSoC is if you have a very clear idea about what sort of contribution you are going to make. Preferably, you should have made some already.]
- phazmatis 13y agoAnd you must be a college student.
- quinnchr 13y agoIf you're a man and are gender queer or gender fluid you could always apply here: http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWApply http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWApply If you happen to be a person of color or disabled you could always apply here: http://www.findinternships.com/2013/04/Explore-Microsoft-Internship-Program.html#.UskHX5CJAjA http://www.findinternships.com/2013/04/Explore-Microsoft-Int... Or if you happen to be a straight white man you can apply for one of hundreds of linux kernel internships already dominated by straight white men (e.g. http://jobs.akamai.com/job/Cambridge-Linux-Kernel-System-Software-Engineer-Summer-Intern-Job-MA-02138/30110900/?feedId=1016&utm_source=SimplyHired&utm_campaign=Akamai_GlobalMedia http://jobs.akamai.com/job/Cambridge-Linux-Kernel-System-Sof...)
- detcader 13y agoInteresting how the first link doesn't define "gender queer" or "gender fluid". How do you verify the feelings of a person about their gender? I reject gender as a system entirely, does that make me "gender fluid"? Doesn't OPW stand for "Outreach Program for Women?"
- click170 13y agoI'm genuinely curious about what they mean by 'gender queer': OPW stands for Outreach Program for Woman, which makes me suspect they're including that phrase to try to prevent drawing any lines re 'what is a woman', so I'm a tad curious about their stance on accepting a non-effeminate gay male in the OPW program. If not, according to the article I'm out of luck because I don't qualify for GSoC either. Sad face. Genuinely interested in alternatives to GSoC and/or other avenues for jumping in to the Linux Kernel.