Chris DiBona (Google) Interview - OSCON 2014
summary
Summer of Code originates from a Google directive to keep students coding and operates as a strict one-to-one mentorship program that scales rather than dilutes. It engages roughly 170 organizations and about 1,200 students per year, pays students $5,500 stipends with organizations receiving $500 per student, enforces midterm and final evaluations, sees about a 10–15% dropout rate, and produces repeat projects, mentor burnout pressures, and many former students returning as mentors or joining companies.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Origins of the program
- 0:26Larry Page's challenge
- 1:45Building the initial network
- 3:23Scaling and meritocracy
- 4:58The power of mentorship
- 9:00Fostering community growth
- 10:58Reflecting on ten years
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