[tor-project] Idea for the Tor open hackdays

[Silvia [Hiro]]

Hi Arturo,

This is great. And it is something that could generally help people to
start working on something. Some projects highlight entry level bugs and
do something like this:

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/labels/E-easy

https://starters.servo.org/

Talk soon,
-hiro


On 25/08/17 13:50, Arturo Filastò wrote:
> Hi Tor people,
>
> I would like to propose an idea for the Tor open hackdays at the
> Montreal dev meeting.
>
> I think we can improve how people coming to the Open hackdays are
> guided towards finding some interesting Tor related project to hack on.
>
> If I were a new comer, showing up to the open hackday I would probably
> have a hard time figuring out:
>
> a. What are all the various projects that Tor is working on and which
> ones would be most suited for my interests and skills
> b. Who are the people that I should be speaking to in order to get
> guidance on what and how to hack on a thing
>
> Given this, what I would like to propose is that we have a very
> minimal agenda for the first part of day 1 of the Open hack days,
> where 1 representative from each Tor team (or project) or anybody else
> interested in pitching their idea, gives a 10 minute max presentation
> telling people:
>
> - What is the project they are working on
> - What are some of the open problems/things they would like people to
> hack on
> - What sort of skills are needed in order to hack on them
> - Who they should speak to
> - If there is some sort of semi-planned designated time and location
> mention that too
>
> I would make the whole thing also open for people from the community
> to pitch their own ideas and recruit people to join them.
>
> What do you think?
>
> ~ Arturo
>
>
>
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