Various tech opportunities with Wikimedia

Tony Thomas

GSoC'16 & Outreachy'12 organization admin, Wikimedia Foundation

WCI 2016, Chandigarh

Note: I do not work with the Wikimedia Foundation, so whatever I say in this slide can only be my own theory, and might not reflect the interests of the Wikimedia Foundation or movement.

Various
Tech

Opportunities

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2. cannabis/ganja/stash users - you are going to lose your memory soon :(

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Target, audience!

University students 

Women

High school students (13 - 17 age)

Men =

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About Me

(the showoff slide)

Google Summer of Code 2016 & Outreachy, 12 organization admin with the Wikimedia Foundation; 2014 = student, 2015 = mentor. 

Currently doing my internship with Igalia, Spain; leaving for my masters soon. 

Had been lucky to attend couple of Wikimedia Hackathons in the US, EU

GSoC, Outreachy

applying 

starting early, right projects 

right mentors

your proposal

goals

& benefits

reporting 

stick

complete

deploy

maintain

Life of a successful project

GSoC 

• Annual internship program, sponsored by Google! 
• Open for all University students 
• org_count = 180
• next_round = March, 2017

Outreachy

• Bi-annual program, organized by the Gnome Foundation. 
• Open to all non-males
• org_count = 12
• next_round = Dec, 2016

• Stipend of 5500 USD sent out in 3 intervals 
• Wonderful technical mentors
• Working in a technical community in a real time huge project! 

and in common: 

and you will be like ..

The application process

Warning: Boring slides ahead o.0

Start Early ?

Selective ?

Once you are in

Assumption: You are in :)

Keep in Mind

• Report daily
• Make things production ready
• Schedule weekly meetings
• Do NOT disappear in between

How to contribute ?

I am going to take a leaf from my other deck!