Mentored sprints for diverse beginners: a retrospective and future plans

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Here is where your presentation begins Slidetitle here Tania Allard, Ph.D Developer Advocate @ Microsoft @ ixek / #DevRelCon Mentored sprints for diverse beginners

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bit.ly/devrel-sprints Slides

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What are we covering? 01 02 Why mentored sprints? Background and motivation The sprints Defining goals and structure 03 Next steps Scaling up @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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Background @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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Mycommunities • Scientific computing, HPC & Research • Machine learning / DS • Open Source @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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Big focus on code The fallacy of meritocracy Open Source fails The privilege dichotomy @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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Creators / knowledge drivers How is the broader population being brought into the loop? Who is benefiting from the open source ecosystem? Maintainers, core developers, decision makers Open source consumers / objects Those whose interests are served @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints Some people of open source

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Creators / knowledge drivers Open source consumers / objects Some people of open source Those whose interests are served @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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Sustainability Somany battles Diversity and inclusion Funding and compensation Agency @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/scopatz/nf-project- inequality/blob/9b83df3090c9b9b1b953d2905d428b71165ce607/nf -project-inequality.ipynb underrepresented @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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Thestart @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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First time contributors Mentor with a mentor scheme Sprints -beginner The scope Main event – users, developers, core teams Underrepresented groups Attendees Time and location Mentors @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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TheA-B-C Short and long term Mentoring Impact Beyond ‘just’ code Safe Everyone can thrive @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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@ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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@ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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2019 Hacktoberfest PyConUS Mentored sprints Hacktoberfest PyLadies umbrella 2018 2019 PyLadies NW UK, Her + Data, PyData, Hatchery programme PyLadies NW UK, Her + Data, Python NW, PyData, RLadies 2018 SciPy / EuroScipy 2019 Parallel track to main sprints sessions PyConUK Hacktoberfest 2017 CodeFirst Girls – Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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What’snext? @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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2019 Hacktoberfest PyConUS Hacktoberfest PyLadies umbrella 2018 2019 PyLadies NW UK, Her + Data, PyData, Hatchery programme PyLadies NW UK, Her + Data, Python NW, PyData, RLadies 2018 SciPy / EuroScipy 2019 Parallel track to main sprints sessions PyConUK 2020 Standalone, Conferences Projects Hacktoberfest 2017 CodeFirst Girls – Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints Mentored sprints

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Conferences • PyCon US • Scipy • DjangoCon Europe • PyCon UK • Scipy Latam • PyCon Latam • UseR • Research software engineering conference 2020 @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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The future Sustainability Impact from previous events Mentored sprints in a box Longer term programmes Follow up Scale up @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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@ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints https://blog.jupyter.org/the-jupyterhub-and-binder-contributor-in- residence-56708d1e3069

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Partnering up @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints

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Sustainability Somany battles Funding and compensation Agency @ixek bit.ly/devrel-sprints