Sharp: Linux Kernel Internships (OPW) Update [LWN.net]

Sarah Sharp reports on the response to the availability of a set of Outreach Program for Women internships working on the Linux kernel. "As coordinator for the Linux kernel OPW project, I was really worried about whether applicants would be able to get patches into the kernel. Everyone knows that kernel maintainers are the pickiest bastards^Wperfectionists about coding style, getting the proper Signed-off-by, sending plain text email, etc. I thought a couple applicants would be able to complete maybe one or two patches, tops. Boy was I wrong!" In the end, 41 applicants submitted applications and 18 of those submitted 374 patches to the kernel, of which 137 were accepted.

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Sharp: Linux Kernel Internships (OPW) Update

Posted May 23, 2013 16:49 UTC (Thu) by opalmirror (guest, #23465) [Link]

Kudos to all participants, mentors and founding organizations, and thanks to Jon and LWN for seeing this gets attention. Open source, like most engineering fields, is sorely lacking competent people. There's a human phenotype whose ideas and efforts we can all benefit from - heretofore underrepresented and discouraged by systematic social dismissal. May participants' project success also spell personal success, and may they in turn serve as inspirations and mentors to others.