Great, thank you very much, i'm gonna address those points right away ! The thing is, there are some keys choices about the proposals that i probably need to make for the final application, and that's what i hoped to discuss here. Although i'm quite late and it leaves little time to consider different options.
For example, for the ClojureScript backend project, i have two very different backend alternatives, and i need to choose one if i want to make a serious timeline, so i wondered what would seem like the most realizable and interesting alternative. Anyway, there is a lot of things in what you said that i can take care of right now anyway :) Thank you very much for your feedback ! On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 5:36:49 PM UTC+2, Aaron Cohen wrote: > > Raph, rather than do an edit pass at this point, there are some larger > problems with your proposal you need to take care of. :) > > In my opinion, your proposals are too informal, "Hi, I'm Raphael...". As > I'm not going to be choosing them, I can't guarantee this is the case, but > judging from http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/proposal-examples/ these > are intended to be more like a short formal paper (with abstract or > synopsis to begin) than a resume (though your tone is probably too informal > for most resumes too for what it's worth). > > Make sure you've addressed all the items here: > http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/writing-a-proposal/ > > Specifically: > You don't have your full contact information (understandable since this > is on a public github, but be sure that you include it as Google requested > in the end) > Your biographical information is too spread out, confine it to a single > section and be brief (but complete). You have some great skills listed, I'd > pull them out to a separate section (LLVM experience, VMKit experience, > experience using git, any of the things you've already done relevant to > working with clojure) > You don't have any deliverables or a proposed timeline, and you haven't > outlined the _specific_ tasks you'd like to complete in 3 months. For > instance, your "clojurescript to lua compiler" says what you propose to do, > but it needs specific items describing the how. > Related work: You should be able to find some existing projects that > relate to the proposals you are looking at, list them separately, it shows > you've done your homework > > Also make sure you've address all the items on the clojure specific > requirements, here: > > http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Google+Summer+of+Code+2012+Application+Questions > (second > paragraph) > > Specifically, you seem to be missing: > > - Are you comfortable working independently under a supervisor or > mentor who is several thousand miles away, not to mention 12 time zones > away? How will you work with your mentor to track your work? Have you > worked in this style before? > - If your native language is not English, are you comfortable working > closely with a supervisor whose native language is English? What is your > native language, as that may help us find a mentor who has the same native > language? > - Where do you live, and can we assign a mentor who is local to you so > you can meet in a coffee shop for lunch? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
