[Bf-committers] Prospective GSoC student

[Tom M]

You might try downloading blender source code and see if you can build
it and make a bug fix or minor feature addition.

If you find that really challenging, then your odds of gsoc success are low.

LetterRip

On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 9:20 AM, LswaN <subscription57 at live.com> wrote:
> Hello all, my name is Luke Swanson, I am currently a Software
> Engineering student at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. I've
> been using Blender for a few years, and I am now considering applying
> for GSoC 2014. I would like the opportunity to contribute something to
> Blender, while  gaining programming experience and making a bit of money
> as well. I feel that a Summer of Code project would be a good way to
> accomplish all of this.
> However, I am still fairly new to programming; when the summer comes I
> will have been coding for about a year and a half. What level of
> experience are GSoC students working with Blender expected to have? I am
> always eager to learn new things as I work, but if my lack of experience
> would prevent me from doing anything productive, I wouldn't want to
> waste one of Blender's GSoC slots. Any advice on if/how I should proceed?
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