Outreachy/Mentors

Overview
As an Outreachy mentor, you engage potential candidates in the application period between March–April (summer round) and October–November (winter round) and help them make small contributions to your project. You work more closely with the accepted candidates during the internship period between May– August (summer round) and December–March (winter round). It is a great mentoring opportunity to introduce newcomers to open source through coding and non-coding (in the area of design, documentation, research, outreach, translation, marketing, etc.) projects, make progress on new ideas that otherwise may be of a less priority to you, and in the overall process improve your professional development skills. Our participation in Outreachy also helps us understand new contributors experiences and help make improvements to our guidelines and processes around attracting and retaining them.

If you are considering to become a mentor, learn more below.

Resources

 * Info for Outreachy mentors
 * Sumana Harihareswara's Case Study of a Good Internship