Cat Allman (Google) Interview - OSCON 2014
summary
Google Summer of Code runs since 2005 and remains largely unchanged while scaling to thousands of volunteer mentors and interns worldwide; organizers now accept some open‑hardware orgs only when the project keeps the summer work software‑focused so students don’t need to buy boards. Participants come from outside CS — digital humanities and scientists use Software Carpentry techniques — and the program spotlights practical outcomes: municipal open‑data apps, a public library for cell‑research outputs, and growing government open‑source programs in the UK, Norway, Germany, Oman.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Evolution of the program
- 0:51Broadening program scope
- 1:43Role of open hardware
- 2:23Diverse participant backgrounds
- 3:23The importance of mentorship
- 4:42Future of open source
- 6:53Current areas of interest
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