[Ccsf-campus-staff] Career panel plan

[Asheesh Laroia]

One thing we do for half an hour before lunch is have a bit of Q&A between 
one of the event's organizers and a few of the staffers to provide a sense 
of how open source activity integrates into their careers.

To do that, Katherine (if she is willing) will ask the questions listed 
toward the end of this email.

I'd love if the following staffers are willing to be on that panel:

* Larissa Shapiro

* Mark Holmquist

* Judy Tuan

* Mark Smith, if you are able to make it (last minute potential staffer)

Katherine, use this to guide your career paneling. (Quoted from 
https://openhatch.org/wiki/OSCTC_Resources#Career_Panel )


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We aim for four panelists representing a diversity of open-source jobs.

For example, past panelists have included people who work for Red Hat 
BoCoup Loft the Sunlight Foundation and the Personal Genome Project, as 
well as freelancers.

We start off by asking each person to introduce themselves, their current 
occupation, and their current employer and to talk very briefly about how 
that work relates to open source.

Then - questions! Frequent questions include:

* How did you first hear about/get involved in open source?

* What advice would you have for if students should participate in open 
source things in college? Are there particular things that do or don't 
matter, as things to focus on? (For example, "Definitely start your own 
open source project rather than contribute to existing ones" or "Don't 
waste time talking to people on IRC".)

* Do you have advice on what to do when approaching a project for the first 
time? Either in terms of code, or in terms of community.

We typically do the career panel just before lunch so that attendees can 
socialize with panelists immediately afterwards.