<tt><font size=2>> From: Sean Dague <sean@dague.net></font></tt>
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> Realistically, the biggest issue I see with on-boarding is mentoring<br>
> time. Especially with folks completely new to our structure, there
is a<br>
> lot of confusing things going on. And OpenStack is a ton to absorb.
I<br>
> get pinged a lot on IRC, answer when I can, and sometimes just have
to<br>
> ignore things because there are only so many hours in the day.<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>A great way to magnify your effort is to write things
down where seekers can find it. The documentation is pretty confusing
for someone just starting out. I am going through this myself. I
just made several updates to the wiki, adding things that newbies need
to know (I hope I got them right, and trust someone will speak up if I
did not). I also posted a couple of doc bugs for non-wiki issues.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Answering questions on mailing lists and ask.openstack.org
also leaves a helpful written trail. I just posted a question on
the openstack mailing list yesterday, I must be doing something stupid
with DevStack, but nobody has answered it and there are several related-looking
questions on ask.openstack.org with no answers.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Regards,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>Mike</font></tt>