Symmetry Autumn of Code

[Joakim]

On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 13:57:12 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
> On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 07:30:26 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>>> Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D 
>>> Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn 
>>> of Code!
>>>
>>> We're looking for three university students to hack on D this 
>>> autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of 
>>> potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the 
>>> Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details.
>>>
>>> Spread the word!
>>>
>>> https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/
>>
>> "join us" for
>> "submit an application" -> apply (confusing otherwise)
>>
>> Maybe sum up and make clear that each student can earn between 
>> $3000-4000, instead of capped at $1k.
>>
>> Why limit it to students? If the goal is to have a youth 
>> injection, just use an age limit- say 18-25- I see no reason 
>> for the stupid college bias.
>
> Hi Joakim.
>
> Thanks for suggestions.

Sure, thanks for funding this worthwhile initiative.

> I don't know what legal aspects there are relating to targeting 
> age in different countries.  We are definitely targeting people 
> earlier in their careers.  I agree with you that talent isn't 
> only found amongst students, and I've in the past hired someone 
> that didn't even finish high school and has gone on to do good 
> work for the D community.  So as far as Symmetry goes we are 
> very open to unusual talent.  A degree is just one piece of 
> interesting information.

Yes, but the current requirements exclude, for example, recent 
college grads who may not be employed yet and might do much 
better work than a harried college student. I don't know the 
legal risks in detail, but I can't imagine the risk/reward to 
opening it up would favor the current limitation.