Djangonaut Space: A Mentorship Program For Open Source with Lilian
summary
An 8-week program pairs navigator/captain/janggonaut teams to onboard contributors, yields measurable output (session PR counts climb from near zero), spawns downstream efforts like a Django CMS internship, and attracts participants globally. A concrete engineering win implements an AnyValue expression to fix MySQL crashes with mixed aggregated columns, the patch lands and closes the ticket. Organizers track progress with labeled issues, weekly meetings, workbooks, and recurring events.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Django Space mentorship intro
- 1:03Program structure and goals
- 2:28Team roles and inclusivity
- 4:13Imposter syndrome in mentorship
- 5:16Celebrating contributions
- 6:41Empowerment through mentorship
- 8:05Learning resources and workbooks
- 9:06Projects and expansion
- 10:27Impact on contributions
- 11:08Program organization
- 13:14Personal journey
- 15:22Code growth experience
- 17:46Mentorship challenges
- 19:52Future goals and experiments
- 20:35Django community beyond stereotypes
- 21:16How to join Django Space
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