Training Software Engineers using Open-SourceSoftware: The Students’ Perspective

Talk of the ICSE-SEET'2019 paper

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1. Training Software Engineers Using OSS:
   The Students’ Perspective
   Gustavo Pinto
   @gustavopinto
   Igor Steinmacher Paulo Meirelles
   Cleice Souza
   Clarice Ferreira
   

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2. @gustavopinto
   https://jobs.github.com/positions/606b1bd8-b4fb-11e8-8a51-57a4adaa14ac
   

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3. @gustavopinto
   https://jobs.github.com/positions/606b1bd8-b4fb-11e8-8a51-57a4adaa14ac
   

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4. @gustavopinto
   https://jobs.github.com/positions/606b1bd8-b4fb-11e8-8a51-57a4adaa14ac
   

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5. @gustavopinto
   

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6. @gustavopinto
   

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7. @gustavopinto
   

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8. Why not exposing
   students to OSS
   projects?
   

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9. @gustavopinto
   Some professors are already changing their courses…
   

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10. @gustavopinto
    Improve social skills
    Improve technical skills
    Learn new tech Contribute to something
    

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11. @gustavopinto
    Improve social skills
    Improve technical skills
    Learn new tech Contribute to something
    Do students agree?
    

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12. Semi-structured Interviews
    Did you attend
    that course? Yes, I did!
    @gustavopinto
    

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13. Semi-structured Interviews
    Did you
    like it?
    Hmm..
    @gustavopinto
    

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14. @gustavopinto
    23 students interviewed
    Semi-structured Interviews
    

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15. @gustavopinto
    23 students interviewed
    Semi-structured Interviews
    

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16. @gustavopinto
    Semi-structured Interviews
    23 students interviewed
    

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17. @gustavopinto
    Semi-structured Interviews
    23 students interviewed
    

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18. Research Questions
    RQ1: How to find a project?
    RQ2: How to find a task?
    RQ3: What are the benefits?
    RQ5: What students do?
    @gustavopinto
    RQ4: What are the challenges?
    

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19. Research Questions
    RQ1: How to find a project?
    RQ2: How to find a task?
    @gustavopinto
    RQ3: What are the benefits?
    RQ4: What are the challenges?
    RQ5: What students do?
    

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20. RQ3: What are the
    benefits?
    @gustavopinto
    

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21. @gustavopinto
    contribute to an existing
    software project
    it increases your confidence. You
    collaborate in a real project. Anyone
    could see and use your contribution.
    It is a real-world experience
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22. @gustavopinto
    contribute to an existing
    software project
    improve your CV
    become a member
    

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23. @gustavopinto
    RQ4: What are the
    challenges?
    

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24. @gustavopinto
    hard to interact
    You do not know who is who in
    the mailing list. A colleague of
    mine sent a message to a mailing
    list and got a very unpolite reply
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25. @gustavopinto
    hard to interact
    hard to configure
    hard to understand
    

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26. @gustavopinto
    RQ5: What students do?
    

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27. @gustavopinto
    

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28. @gustavopinto
    Forward Engineering
    Reengineering
    Corrective
    Management
    

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29. Forward Engineering
    @gustavopinto
    Corrective Management Reengineering
    

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30. Forward Engineering
    @gustavopinto
    Corrective Management Reengineering
    

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31. Forward Engineering
    @gustavopinto
    Corrective Management Reengineering
    

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32. Forward Engineering
    @gustavopinto
    Corrective Management Reengineering
    

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37. mail@gustavopinto.org
    Twitter
    Web site
    Email
    

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