Next Cohort: October 15th-Dec 10th

What is an Open Source Mentor?

ProgramEquity is fostering the next generation in open source and climatetech!

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Open source mentors provide student fellows first hand open source experience through working on ProgramEquity’s project Amplify via pair hours, career-related and technical workshops, and content labs

Is this for me?

This might be for you if you ...

• Have patience for folks from extensive backgrounds learning curve around open source and webapps
• Enjoy or would like to expand your knowledge of VueJS
• Would like to contribute to open source projects impacting sustainability

Every hour of volunteeering is equivalent too 40$ in donation credits after matching. Choose a volunteer event and then choose your favorite cause you'd like to give to in Benevity.

How it Works: Volunteer with your dev, storytelling, or teaching skills

Mentors run 10 week long sessions for MLH Fellows with weekly Workshops on various engineering topics and Pair Hours where students work with mentors on the Amplify app

Choose to mentor when it fits your schedule:

• once in a while (🍎Workshops)
• weekly (💻Pair hours)
• monthly (🎥Content Lab)

Volunteer Activity	Who has done this in the past?	Where can I follow up
🎥 Content Labs: Help review content as fellows work on their blogs, video shorts, and developer conference talk tracks. ⏰ 2 hours a month nonrecurring 🗓Async or over zoom (Project board for dates)	Hubbers typically join us from Revenue, L&D, DevRel, and other parts of the org that love storytelling.	Slack: #advocats-content @ladykerr
💻 Pair Hours: Get on a mob zoom and help fellows navigate copilot to break down and debug tasks for fullstack and architecture like GitHub Actions. Stack: Working with APIs such as Twilio, Lob, Cicero, languages such as VueJS, Node, Express, PostgreSQL. ⏰ 1-2 hours weekly for 1 month. 🗓 Async or zoom Wednesdays 12-1 pm pt (Project board)	Folks join us from Engineering, Support, and Field services. All engineering levels are welcome.	Slack: #pair-hour-mentors @wallace @thyeggman
🍎 Workshops: Give a 1 hour presentation or demo on a technical or Career-Dev topic ⏰ 1-2 hours one-off 🗓 Speak on a Thursday or Friday Check out this google drive folder for past workshop recordings and materials	Folks join us from TA, Revenue, SE, Security, and Eng. If theres a topic on software development you've been working on or want to practice public speaking - this is a great testing ground	Slack: #advocats-enablement @therzka

How do I get involved?

Sign up to mentor here

1. Check out the workshops and/or pair hours schedule and reach out to the person listed in the DRI column if you have any questions.
2. Sign up and reference the workshop or pair hour in the google form. (You’re welcome to submit a workshop you didn’t see listed)
3. (1-2 hours) You’ll be added to our #advocats-enablement channel to coordinate content and presentation partners.
4. (30 mins) Schedule with DRI to finalize content async or via dress rehearsal
5. (60 mins) Present day of to students