From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LPX8v-0005HA-If for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:04:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DAF8AE053F; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:04:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.243]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EBDEE053F for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:04:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so3851033rvf.46 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:04:45 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.50.15 with SMTP id x15mr3235270wfx.43.1232521485314; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:04:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090121043241.GB19091@comet> References: <1816200222-1232218654-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1608419775-@bxe165.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <4976627D.6050306@gentoo.org> <20090121043023.GA19091@comet> <20090121043241.GB19091@comet> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:04:45 +0900 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Improving our people From: Douglas Anderson To: Gentoo project list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a9609ae4-db83-47bf-b601-24fc96caad0b X-Archives-Hash: 9445b0e9a753f3c196744315c71a2c1c On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > On 20:30 Tue 20 Jan , Donnie Berkholz wrote: >> It isn't necessarily obvious from a recruiter's interaction with a >> mentor whether he is good at the actual task of mentoring. > > We could take a tip from the Summer of Code and have both mentor and > mentee fill out a quick eval at the end of probation. This would perhaps > be more valuable over a longer probation. > The evaluation is a good idea, but it would have to be something maybe only devrel had access to. With the Summer of Code, many students leave the project after they're finished, but with a new dev they're just starting a (hopefully) long relationship with their mentor. I personally would hesitate to point out the weak points of an experienced developer if I were just starting out here. Something to think about... -Doug