MOTU Mentoring

[Micah Cowan]

Daniel Holbach wrote:
> Hello Reinhard,
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 17.04.2007, 10:43 +0200 schrieb Reinhard Tartler:
>> Do we already know the actual problems with mentoring? 
> 
>       * not enough structure
>       * too many hopefuls lost along the way

I wonder if we can expand on the typical reasons why this happens.

Of course, it's my opinion that we're likely to always have this problem
somewhat, as the relative difficulty in mastering packaging can lead to
underestimating the amount of education necessary to become a MOTU. And,
of course, there are always folks who think that becoming an Ubuntu
developer is what they want, but then in a few months have found
something new to steal their time and energies.

>       * not enough mentors
>       * too much efforts wasted on re-inventing the wheel

What wheels specifically are being reinvented?

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