14:00:43 <vkmc> #startmeeting Outreachy End of Internship 14:00:44 <openstack> Meeting started Fri Mar 3 14:00:43 2017 UTC and is due to finish in 60 minutes. The chair is vkmc. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 14:00:45 <openstack> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #startvote. 14:00:47 <openstack> The meeting name has been set to 'outreachy_end_of_internship' 14:00:54 <vkmc> #topic Roll call 14:00:58 <vkmc> O/ 14:01:02 <vkmc> who is here? 14:01:03 <Namrata> Namrata 14:01:03 <vkmc> :) 14:01:06 <egafford> o/ 14:01:08 <karenc> karen 14:01:08 <egafford> Elise 14:01:26 <vkmc> yaay 14:01:29 <mariannelm> o/ 14:01:41 <vkmc> egafford, good to see you around... I was afraid you couldn't make it 14:01:48 <vkmc> ah well 14:01:51 <vkmc> thanks all for joining 14:02:08 <dims> o/ 14:02:12 <vkmc> I'm setting up an etherpad so we can take a few notes on this meeting 14:02:14 <vkmc> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/outreachy-dec-mar-2017-eoi 14:02:17 <vkmc> #link https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/outreachy-dec-mar-2017-eoi 14:02:56 <vkmc> done 14:03:24 <vkmc> so, first item in the agenda is 14:04:00 <vkmc> overall status at this point... how was your internship, which tasks you accomplished to finish, which things you liked most, which things you found more hard to do 14:04:12 <vkmc> you are free to reply whatever you consider is better 14:04:26 <vkmc> starting from Namrata :) 14:04:29 <vkmc> #topic Overall status 14:04:40 <vkmc> Namrata, floor is yours! 14:05:17 <Namrata> Hi. My internship was good.It made me learn to interact with people across the globe 14:05:40 <Namrata> I learned python during this internship 14:06:30 <Namrata> The best part of this internship is that It gives you access through any thing you want to choose amongst the available work 14:07:03 <Namrata> And I dont remember anything hard I found as my mentor dims was there to help me everytime 14:07:18 <vkmc> \o/ yay 14:07:19 <Namrata> That's all from my side 14:07:36 <vkmc> Namrata, what was your main internship task? and how much you could accomplish from it? 14:08:14 <Namrata> my internship task includes 1.OSC support for Zun 14:08:16 <mahatic_> Namrata: good to know! 14:08:19 <Namrata> Thats completed 14:08:28 <Namrata> 2.Heat implementation in zun 14:08:37 <Namrata> I have submitted the patches 14:08:44 <Namrata> they are under review 14:09:08 <Namrata> 3.Functional tests for zunclient commands 14:09:16 <Namrata> They are also merged 14:09:23 <vkmc> wohoooo 14:09:24 <Namrata> I am working on blogs 14:09:26 <vkmc> that's so awesome! 14:09:34 <dims> Namrata : great job! i am especially proud about the CI tests you added 14:09:46 <Namrata> Thanks dims 14:10:09 <vkmc> anything else? 14:10:20 <Namrata> No thats all 14:10:24 <vkmc> great 14:10:31 <vkmc> congratulations for all the great work done 14:10:39 <Namrata> Thanks vkmc 14:10:47 <vkmc> and special kudos for being the first one on giving us the update heh :D 14:10:59 <vkmc> now... karenc 14:11:03 <karenc> hi! 14:11:06 <vkmc> same set of questions :) 14:11:17 <karenc> my project is to improve swift s3 compatibility 14:12:26 <karenc> we have some functional tests from ceph to test our s3 compatibility and i've been trying to add code to swift3 so more tests will pass 14:12:42 <karenc> i've got some patches merged but i still have more patches under review 14:13:56 <karenc> what i liked about the internship is working on a large open source project that has a large community 14:14:22 <karenc> it's nice to work on something that a lot of people use :) 14:14:25 <vkmc> yaaay 14:14:32 <timburke> sorry i'm late 14:14:35 <vkmc> indeed, I find it very exciting as well 14:14:39 <vkmc> timburke, no probs 14:14:45 <mahatic_> karenc: sure! :) Congrats on the work you've been doing! 14:14:49 <karenc> :D 14:15:16 <karenc> and my mentor timburke was really encouraging and helpful 14:15:16 <mahatic_> timburke: welcome 14:15:32 <karenc> i found it a bit difficult to get started 14:15:40 <karenc> there was a lot to learn 14:16:13 <mahatic_> glad to hear that. Congrats timburke, job well done! 14:16:19 <karenc> hm... is there anything else 14:17:34 <Namrata> karenc :great work.congrats 14:17:47 <karenc> :D you too 14:17:47 <timburke> agreed! 14:18:11 <vkmc> congrats for all the great work :) 14:18:24 <karenc> thank you :) 14:18:31 <vkmc> it's ok to have some patches on review... and also after the internship 14:18:37 <vkmc> you worked in a very big feature 14:19:00 <karenc> yep i intend to continue working on it 14:19:08 <vkmc> yaay 14:19:10 <vkmc> that's just great 14:19:12 <mahatic_> that's be awesome 14:19:30 <vkmc> anything else karenc? 14:19:34 <karenc> i don't think so 14:19:49 <mahatic_> that'd* 14:20:44 <vkmc> cool 14:21:05 <vkmc> so... now, mariannelm! 14:21:15 <mariannelm> okay, sure :)! 14:21:45 <mariannelm> I think the internship was a nice experience, I got to learn real usefull things (like mocking) :)! 14:21:54 <egafford> \o/ (so useful) 14:22:53 <mariannelm> My main task was to create and implement one of the Sahara cores abstraction (data sources and job binaries) and make these abstractions as plugins in order to offer more flexibilti to the code 14:23:30 <mariannelm> It mainly involved a lot of refactoring, and currently the patch is under review 14:24:20 * mahatic_ is on her commute back home from work. Might face some connectivity issues 14:24:25 <egafford> (I'll note that the spec landed and Marianne completed all the (3000+lines) of code change, but the Sahara team's been review-light for a while.) 14:24:46 <vkmc> wooooow 14:24:53 <vkmc> so cool! 14:24:54 <mahatic_> awesome 14:25:08 <mariannelm> I really happy with the final result, I also got to contribute a bit to the community as well with some bug fixes and reviewing 14:25:15 <mariannelm> *I'm 14:25:16 <vkmc> yeah... reviewing usually slow things down 14:25:22 <Namrata> mariannelm awesome 14:25:27 <egafford> Also feature freeze. :/ 14:26:04 <vkmc> yeah 14:26:13 <mariannelm> I really liked to contribute to the community and the feeling to be doing a real change in a real project, and that this change will help others to do a better job with Sahara code 14:27:14 <mariannelm> And I think I had a hard time configuring the dev and test env. 14:27:24 <mariannelm> yeah, and also with the feature freeze :/ 14:27:37 <egafford> Literally everyone has a hard time configuring the dev and test envs. :) 14:28:00 <mahatic_> mariannelm: nice! thank you for your contributions. I'm sure the community is happy to have you :) 14:28:04 <mariannelm> haha :) 14:28:20 <mariannelm> Namrata and mahatic_ thank you :D! 14:28:23 <mahatic_> Congrats on your work! 14:28:28 <egafford> But yeah, Marianne did an amazing job and took a huge amount of initiative in terms of structuring and scheduling her work. She hit all her goals along the way really well, and the change she implemented will be a big help to extenders of Sahara. 14:29:13 <mahatic_> that's fantastic! 14:29:32 <mariannelm> egafford, thank you! You were a really great mentor :) 14:29:36 <vkmc> egafford, so happy to read that 14:29:43 <vkmc> :) 14:29:50 <vkmc> anything else mariannelm? 14:30:09 <egafford> And you're just a huge deal in general, mariannelm. Really glad to have been able to work with you! :D 14:30:32 <mariannelm> vkmc, don't think so :)! 14:30:43 <vkmc> cool :) 14:30:44 <mariannelm> egafford, same here! 14:30:47 <vkmc> thanks everyone for all the updates 14:31:21 <vkmc> congrats both mentees and mentors for all the good work 14:31:35 <vkmc> I'm really happy to read that all the internships have been a good experience 14:31:39 <vkmc> and that so much work have been done 14:31:48 <mahatic_> yup :) 14:31:48 <vkmc> :D 14:31:55 <vkmc> so now... usually the question that comes is... what's next? 14:32:11 <vkmc> so I want to tackle that question along with mahatic_ help in two ways 14:32:15 <vkmc> first... OpenStack Summit 14:32:21 <vkmc> #topic OpenStack Summit Boston 14:32:36 <vkmc> probably mentees have heard already about this event 14:32:57 <vkmc> the OpenStack community have been meeting twice a year since their beginnings in order to share knowledge 14:33:16 <vkmc> users, operators, developers, newcomers... different profiles in general terms... attend to the summit 14:33:30 <vkmc> next summit is going to be held in Boston 14:33:42 <vkmc> May 8 - 11 14:33:45 <vkmc> #link https://www.openstack.org/summit/boston-2017/ 14:33:59 <vkmc> and we would love to have you all there 14:34:05 <mahatic_> +1 14:34:15 <vkmc> mahatic_, do you want to tell, more or less, how is the summit structured? 14:34:30 <mahatic_> Just a couple of links to help you get acquainted with the events OpenStack holds - https://www.openstack.org/summit/ 14:34:34 <vkmc> and what to expect from this kind of events 14:34:37 <mahatic_> and https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ 14:34:55 <dims> just a few more days for the travel support program applications 14:34:59 <dims> #link https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Travel_Support_Program 14:35:10 <mahatic_> dims: thanks 14:35:31 <mariannelm> I applyed for TSP and if everything works out, I'm planning to attend :)! 14:35:50 <mahatic_> vkmc: I'd love to. But i'm in commute right now, if I drop off in between, please excuse :) 14:36:09 <mahatic_> dims: vkmc as of know, is it confirmed that there will be activity at Boston summit? 14:36:20 <mahatic_> will be dev* 14:36:32 <dims> mahatic_ : yes 14:36:50 <mahatic_> ok, it has not been clear so far 14:37:08 <dims> one sec, finding an email from thierry 14:37:22 <mahatic_> that'd be great 14:37:32 <Namrata> There is no access pass this time? 14:37:57 <mahatic_> Right, but there will be a discount on the pass for folks who have attended PTG 14:38:18 <Namrata> Oh.. 14:38:31 <dims> mahatic_ : see http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-March/113115.html 14:38:41 <vkmc> there will be developers activity at the summit 14:38:48 <mahatic_> Namrata: but I think, you could ask for the pass in your TSP application 14:38:56 <Namrata> okay 14:39:19 <Namrata> but there was no mention of access pass in travel support application form 14:39:21 <mahatic_> dims: thanks! 14:39:41 * dims lives just south of boston, so local commute for me 14:40:29 * mahatic_ is dropping off for a bit, have to get off transport 14:41:44 <vkmc> all right 14:41:45 <vkmc> so... 14:42:40 <vkmc> mariannelm, you already applied to the travel support 14:42:47 <vkmc> Namrata and mariannelm? 14:42:50 <mariannelm> vkmc, yeah 14:42:57 <vkmc> sorry, karenc 14:43:06 <karenc> i haven't applied 14:43:13 <Namrata> I was waiting till the meeting .I have already drafted 14:43:16 <Namrata> will submit 14:43:19 <vkmc> great 14:43:24 <vkmc> do you have any doubt about the event? :) 14:43:29 <vkmc> feel free to ask 14:43:56 <karenc> i think it'll be really exciting to go to the summit, just need to check the dates 14:45:45 <vkmc> all right 14:46:18 <mariannelm> vkmc, when the TSP approved grantees will be notified? 14:46:28 <Namrata> 31st march 14:46:54 <mariannelm> Namrata, thank you 14:47:42 <vkmc> thanks Namrata 14:47:45 <vkmc> yes, 31st March 14:47:56 <vkmc> well... I think the event is great for you to meet with the community 14:48:04 <vkmc> to hear about different OpenStack use cases 14:48:14 <vkmc> and also, to pursue for a full time career working on OpenStack 14:48:21 <vkmc> usually companies put recruiters in there 14:48:25 <vkmc> so you can take the chance to do that 14:48:35 <vkmc> depends on what you want to do next :) 14:48:44 <vkmc> so talking about it, we can move to the next topic 14:48:51 <vkmc> if there are no further questions about the summit 14:48:55 <vkmc> giving a few minutes... 14:49:17 <Namrata> Not from my side. 14:49:27 <mariannelm> Not from my side 14:49:41 <karenc> Nothing from me either 14:50:09 <vkmc> ok great! 14:50:12 <vkmc> so... next topic 14:50:23 <vkmc> #topic What to do after the internship 14:50:28 <vkmc> I saw a few notes already there 14:50:30 <vkmc> not sure who made them 14:50:34 * dims waves 14:50:37 <vkmc> but in any case... mentors... any advice on this? 14:50:38 <vkmc> :) 14:50:39 <vkmc> dims, yay 14:51:44 <dims> any questions about the few points i added in the etherpad? 14:52:04 <mahatic_> I think the notes are excellent on the etherpad 14:52:18 <mahatic_> thanks dims 14:52:45 <mahatic_> I think carrying any form of business card/contact card would help 14:53:44 <dims> and a prepared resume too.. 14:54:41 <vkmc> cool, that would be... for the summit 14:54:44 <mahatic_> Making sure to meet people in person from the community, who you've worked with, will help in working offline a bit more easily 14:54:53 <mariannelm> thank for the tips, I'll have a look in the etherpad later, have to go now :/ 14:54:54 <vkmc> in case you want to land a job on a company working on OpenStack 14:54:56 <dims> ++ mahatic_ 14:55:01 <mahatic_> offline - IRC/emails etc 14:55:05 <mariannelm> really nice talking to all of you! 14:55:13 <vkmc> mariannelm, thanks for joining! catch you later 14:55:15 <egafford> o/ 14:55:17 <karenc> o/ 14:55:25 <mahatic_> mariannelm: thank you 14:58:00 <vkmc> well 14:58:09 <vkmc> let's close with a few remarks 14:58:27 <vkmc> getting a job on OpenStack is not the only thing you can do after doing the internship 14:58:34 <vkmc> of course that we would like to have you involved 14:58:39 <vkmc> and working with us 14:58:43 <vkmc> but certainly is not mandatory 14:58:44 <vkmc> :) 14:58:46 <vkmc> that's your call 14:59:02 <vkmc> you can keep involved with the community though, joining IRC channels, participating in discussions 14:59:06 <vkmc> as long as you see room for that 14:59:11 <vkmc> make sure to keep contact with your mentors 14:59:37 <vkmc> if anything comes up, we are here to help you 14:59:47 <dims> ++ vkmc. yep, make friends, build your network, it will last for a long time and will help in unexpected ways 14:59:52 <vkmc> yes :D 14:59:58 <mahatic_> +1 nice points 15:00:02 <vkmc> that's pretty much what I wanted to say on next steps 15:00:08 <dims> vkmc : mahatic_ : thanks for running the program! 15:00:13 <vkmc> with that, we can call this a meeting 15:00:18 <vkmc> happy last days of the internship 15:00:20 <vkmc> #endmeeting