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Fedora Project Interns FY09
Summary
Red Hat's fiscal year 2009 begins on March 1, 2008. It ends on February 28, 2009. From a budget point of view, it is divided into four quarters:
- Q1: March 1 - May 31
- Q2: June 1 - August 31
- Q3: September 1 - November 30
- Q4: December 1 - February 28
We will have the ability to hire interns for the Fedora project. The actual money that pays these interns' salaries will come from Red Hat's Corporate Marketing group -- the group within Red Hat that is responsible for the Community Architecture team. We believe that the vast majority of their time should be spent on engineering endeavors that benefit all of Fedora.
Q1 (March - May)
There is no budget for interns in Q1.
Q2 (June - August)
We will hire 4 interns, from (approximately) May 27th - August 15th.
This is the traditional "I'm a student who needs a full time summer job" kind of thing.
Fedora Infrastructure
- INTERN: Yaakov Nemoy
- ACCOUNTABLE: Mike McGrath
- PROJECTED TASKS:
- Audit code base for Fedora Infrastructure.
- Analyze and monitor web applications and SQL queries to find problems, optimize usage, and make recommendations for future development.
- Support Mike McGrath, Toshio Kuratomi, and the rest of the Fedora Infrastructure team in various development efforts.
- SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Can perform RHCE-level tasks.
- Thoroughly proficient in LAMP stack, Python, TurboGears.
- Can function as part of a team in a fast-moving environment.
- BASED OUT OF: Remote
Fedora QA
- INTERN: Candace Lindeberg
- ACCOUNTABLE: Tom Callaway
- PROJECTED TASKS:
- Generate, execute, and document test cases
- Develop written documentation for QA testers with limited or no prior experience
- Assist QA Installation tester as needed
- SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Can perform RHCT-level tasks
- Familiar with kickstart scripted installations
- Can effectively use Bugzilla
- Can perform required automation tasks using bash and Python
- Can communicate effectively in writing
- Can function as part of a team in a fast-moving environment
- BASED OUT OF: Westford, MA
Fedora Engineering
- INTERN: Casey Dahlin
- ACCOUNTABLE: Tom Callaway and Jesse Keating
- PROJECTED TASKS:
- Upstart
- Koji python development for KoPeR (Koji Personal Repos)
- Fedora infrastructure development for new maintainer containment changes
- Python development for Sigul, our gpg signing server
- SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Can perform RHCT-level tasks
- Proficient in python
- Familiar with cvs, ext filesystem acls, Linux filesystem permissions
- Familiar with rpm building, rpm signing
- BASED OUT OF: Westford, MA
Fedora Community & Robotics
- STATUS: John McLean
- ACCOUNTABLE: Greg DeKoenigsberg
- PROJECTED TASKS:
- Work with the Robotics SIG to package robotics tools into Fedora
- Rewrite, package, and maintain translation IRC bot software
- Additional work as desire/skills warrant
- Whatever Greg DeKoenigsberg tells him to do :)
- SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Knowledge of robotics development tools
- Knowledge of python
- The rest we will teach him
- BASED OUT OF: Raleigh, NC
Q3 (September - November) & Q4 (December - February)
We also have requested budget to enable us to keep some of our summer interns on the payroll once they go back to school, in a limited capacity.
We have budget to pay for:
- 26 weeks of work (at 10 hours per week). 13 weeks in Q3 and 13 weeks in Q4
- We will probably hire 2 interns, each working 10 hours per week.
This is the "I'm back in school, but would like an opportunity to remain connected with Fedora and earn some pocket money, and the Fedora stuff is more interesting than my Computer Science classes anyway" type of job.
