099 The Core Mentoring Experience With Marc Drummond - Modules Unraveled Podcast

## Drupal Core Mentoring
* For someone who’s not familiar with it, what is it? Or how would you describe core mentoring?
* How long have you been taking part in core mentoring?
* Do you remember what your first experience was like? Was it scary?
* What are some of the way’s you’ve helped in core mentoring?
 
## Questions from Twitter
* [Cathy Theys](http://twitter.com/YesCT)
    * After contributing once, what made him keep goin?
    * Has he ever done something that didn’t get feedback, reviews or moved forward in some way?
    * How did he deal with that practically to get it moving, or mentally to not get him down.
    * What would he say to people who were frustrated by trying to help?
    * What are his goals?
    * What improvements to d.o would make it easier for him in his daily (or weekly) contributing tasks?
    * How much time per week does he estimate is on contributing?
    * Is it interest driven, or a byproduct of projects at work or contracts?
    * What ways does Marc contribute beyond writing patches?
    * Is Marc happy with the amount of contributing he does? If not, what barriers does he face?
    * Lots of people share that feeling: of wanting to do more, and see things fixed. Why? Is it that much fun? Addictive?
 
## Your Experience
* Do you have anything you’d like to say to someone who’s heard of core mentoring but not gotten involved?
 
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