Coding Has Begun and Now I Get Mentoring

Johan has already started coding for his Google Summer of Code project for the GNU Project and phpGroupware. This morning I received confirmation from the FSF that Johan’s copyright assignment is sorted.

I have done a quick review of some of Johan’s work, but I hope to spend some serious time on getting things moving this weekend. The new job has really put a big whole in my time available for anything other than work, commuting or my family.

When I read Federico Mena-Quintero’s Summer of Code Mentoring HOWTO, I was working pretty flexibly from home and I thought mentoring was checking over code and answering a few questions. My new job has taught me that good mentoring can make a big difference for someone coming into an organisation.

I hope over the next week or so I can establish a good routine which gives me enough time to help Johan find his way and get on with hacking on sync.