The latest articles on DEV Community by Aarthi Rajaraman (@aarthira). https://dev.to/aarthira https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F178477%2F89fcce3f-2081-448a-abcc-a2ffd44f8322.jpeg https://dev.to/aarthira en Aarthi Rajaraman Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:51:48 +0000 https://dev.to/aarthira/hello-outreachy-nbc https://dev.to/aarthira/hello-outreachy-nbc <p>Hello again,</p> <p>I am Aarthi Rajaraman. I am selected as one of the 43 interns of the Outreachy (May - August) '19 round.</p> <p>I work under the Jenkins community through Outreachy program and I am mentored by Matt Sicker. I also have a colleague from Outreachy, Gayathri also working under the Jenkins community.</p> <p>Below is a questionnaire answered to share my experience applying to the Outreachy program.</p> <p>What motivated you to apply to Outreachy?<br> I happened to know about Outreachy before a short while. The Outreachy program encourages diverse people to be a part of it. I could see that I am somewhere fitting in the list of people who are encouraged to apply and I gave it a try. The write-ups of the previous interns were very supportive to make the application and contributions.</p> <p>What were you excited about when thinking about applying?<br> I was excited to work under a professional setup from home if I get into it. I was looking for a huge knowledge gain from working with experienced developers. Also, the tag of being an Outreachy intern also excited me.</p> <p>What made you passionate about the project you applied to?<br> I had a little working knowledge of Java which was listed as one of the required skills for the project. Also, I have heard of Jenkins before and have seen people using it in the team at one of the companies I was working before. </p> <p>What was confusing about the Outreachy application process?<br> I was confused after completing the initial application form as to do what after that. Later, I got to know that I have to wait until the Outreachy team evaluates and confirms my application.</p> <p>Otherwise, the application workflow is very smooth. All the needed information is available in the Outreachy site. We just need to put in more attention to the details.</p> <p>How did you find information?<br> I was introduced to Outreachy by a family friend's son who was part of the Google Summer of Code that he calls GSoC before.</p> <p>Who did you ask questions of when you were stuck?<br> I posted all my question to the Jenkins community channel. Either mentors or the other outreachy applicants helped me with answers. The previous interns were also working on the project when I was applying to it. They also helped me and other applicants on our questions.</p> <p>How did you mentor help you during the application process?<br> Mentor helped me by answering most of my questions and also helped me to split the tasks to work on. Also, he helped me by reviewing the pull requests that I submitted to the code base. Along with helping in the project, he also helped me with understanding of Git and GitHub workflows. I sincerely thank him for the support.</p> <p>What would you tell someone who is worried about applying to Outreachy?<br> As an applicant, do not be much worried as the people you're trying to get in touch with are very helping. The communities are very much welcoming. They understand that you're a newbie and are ready to accommodate your sensible doubts. If you didn't get a chance this year, try the next year. In fact, my colleague from Outreachy at Jenkins this year had an experience of applying to Outreachy before under different communities.</p> <p>Wish you and me a very happy coding :) </p> <p>Thanks for reading,<br> Aarthi</p> outreachy