diff --git a/Mentoring-Program-Guide.md b/Mentoring-Program-Guide.md index f54a5b8371..3edad9e342 100644 --- a/Mentoring-Program-Guide.md +++ b/Mentoring-Program-Guide.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ actually starts, (GSoC calls this the "Community Bonding" period,) is a blog. You might want to check which blogging tools previous Outreachy -interns and GSoC students used. Using a Git related tools is of course +interns and GSoC contributors used. Using a Git related tools is of course a good idea. - [Miriam Rubio's Outreachy intership experiences](https://mirucam.gitlab.io/outreachy_blog/) @@ -110,15 +110,15 @@ mailing list, it is important that you cover all the following topics: 4. what things you think should be easier 5. what you are planning to work on and how -The reason we ask for 2), 3) and 4) is that often interns or students -don't know about things, like existing documentation, historical -discussions, debugging scripts, features, tools or techniques, that -could help them understand what's going on, or work in a more -efficient way. If a mentor doesn't know that the intern or student is -blocked or slowed by something or has a hard time moving forward, it's -difficult for the mentor to help. So it's important for interns or -students to reflect on the issues, blocks, inefficiencies, complex -things that they are facing. +The reason we ask for 2), 3) and 4) is that often interns or +contributors don't know about things, like existing documentation, +historical discussions, debugging scripts, features, tools or +techniques, that could help them understand what's going on, or work +in a more efficient way. If a mentor doesn't know that the intern or +contributor is blocked or slowed by something or has a hard time +moving forward, it's difficult for the mentor to help. So it's +important for interns or contributors to reflect on the issues, +blocks, inefficiencies, complex things that they are facing. Notifying the mailing list or your mentors about a blog post, should not prevent you from emailing or contacting the mailing list or your @@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ list that people debug together or discuss together something over email in a very real-time way (at least similar as instant messaging chat). -Such chats can sometimes help a student or intern (or even long timers -on the project) move very fast in a short amount of time. So consider -taking advantage of that. +Such chats can sometimes help a contributor or intern (or even long +timers on the project) move very fast in a short amount of time. So +consider taking advantage of that. It's also easier for mentors to help (or understand how they could help) when discussing informally using a real time or near real time