Following up on the discussion around students in open source, I turned part of it into a small strategy simulator.
The scenario puts you in the role of an ecosystem or project facing a wave of student contributors:
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onboarding is uneven
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governance is enterprise-first
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AI changes how contributions happen and how they’re evaluated
There’s no right or wrong answer here, only trade-offs and consequences.
Try the simulator:
The scenarios are based on this article:
I’m curious which choices you made, and what surprised you most.