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KERNEL DEVELOPMENT LEARNING PIPELINE

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TL;DR:

The Kernel Development Learning Pipeline (KDLP) program aims to create a
comprehensive Linux kernel talent pipeline to address the current shortage of
qualified entry level kernel candidates.


MISSION STATEMENT

Throughout the industry, there is a shortage of qualified entry-level software
engineers focused on systems programming, especially within the niche of
developing for the Linux kernel.

As junior software engineers ourselves, this quickly became evident to us, and
we are not the only people concerned about it. Engineers and managers of all
levels within our industry niche have observed that we must bring new talent
into these spaces, and we must do so urgently.

Time spares no one, not even the most legendary programmers of yore, and if we
do not identify and train the next generation, there will be no one to carry the
torch of systems programming. We have had the chance to work with many talented
and experienced engineers firsthand, and we have benefited greatly from their
guidance and mentorship, but we know that this opportunity will not last
forever.

In response, we have created the Kernel Development Learning Pipeline a program
to bridge the gaps between academia and industry, between the novice and the
legend, between the past and the future.


MORE DETAIL

Our program:

 * develops and teaches an "Introduction to Linux Kernel Development" course
   with curriculum designed to offer a smooth onramp for contributing to the
   linux kernel.
 * participates in the wider linux community (sending patches upstream,
   attending and presenting at conferences, etc)
 * recruits qualified students from our class to internship programs within Red
   Hat, personally recommending the best interns to hiring managers with the aim
   of bringing them into the industry as full time software engineers.
 * innovates the role open source can play in the classroom:
 * What if courses were run like an open source project, and students were
   encouraged to contribute to their learning by making their mark on the
   classes they take, leaving them better than they found them, and learning
   along the way.
 * Science has shown, that the only way to learn is to process the information
   through your brain - to tell the story in your own words.
 * By encouraging students to become active members of the course and take
   ownership of their learning, we can supercharge their growth.

Current offerings:

 * We work with the Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences at the
   University of Massachuesetts Lowell, to offer our course to their students on
   an ongoing basis
 * We are partnered with the Linux Foundation's LFX mentorship platform to offer
   our course as a mentorship.

Past Work:

 * Spoke at Linux conventions:
   * LPC 2023
   * Fosdem 2023
   * devconf.cz 2023
   * devconf.us 2021
 * Upstream patches:
   * AT_EMPTY_PATH for linkat syscall
   * flags for io_uring linkat support
   * nolibc getauxval
   * Raspberry Pi Sensehat Driver
   * RPi.GPIO2 python library
   * linux libgpiod library
   * vchiq_arm

Future Plans:

 * Scale our program - offer it at more universities
 * improve options for self-study
 * connections at more companies in this space for recruitment


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