Re: Clarifications regarding User page

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

On 2/29/20 2:08 PM, akshit chaturvedi wrote:
> Greetings,
> I just completed my first draft for the application page and I'd like
> your thoughts on the same.
> My page: https://wiki.octave.org/User:The_brainiac
> 
> While typing the application I had the following doubt: In the Your Task
> section, it asks "/Please also wiki-link the page for your elaborated
> proposal here", /so do I have to create a separate wiki page for
> the / /proposal. 
> If yes, please give me brief info about how this has to be done and what
> key points should be included.
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> Akshit
> 

Dear Akshit,

In your self presentation you don't need to exaggerate to distinguish
from other candidates.

An example: (if it is true, the blame is on me) the sentence "I've
created thousands of m-scripts." is for my narrow mind hard to take
seriously.  Octave core stable currently contains 1244 m-files developed
over more than 25 years.

Another example: "I use GitHub extensively."  Nine public contributions
in two years to four repositories (one empty) is in my perception not
"extensively".  We don't expect you to be a student with 10 years
development experience ;-)  Not exaggerating makes your application to
me more serious.

Didn't you mix up "Matlab" and "Octave" sometimes? "I've implemented
many Machine Learning algorithms in Octave like Neural Networks [...]"
or did you really implement them from scratch.  Can you share this code?

"As long as the new software doesn't cost more than 50 dollars [...]"
we don't want you to buy software.  We want to know if you have admin
rights on your Mac ;-)  Maybe you are working on a public University PC.

Later, you submit the application proposal on the GSoC website, when the
student application opens March, 17.  But you can write this proposal on
your wiki user page beforehand to discuss.

You can also overhaul the wiki markup on your page a little.  You don't
need to answer in code blocks, unless you like this style.

HTH,
Kai