Mentorship¶

fname = "data/2020/numpy_survey_results.tsv"
column_names = [
    'participated', 'role', 'mentor_paid', 'mentor_motivation',
    'mentor_motivation_other', 'mentor_connect', 'mentor_connect_other',
    'mentor_activities', 'mentor_activities_other', 'mentee_charged',
    'mentee_connect', 'mentee_connect_other', 'mentee_activities',
    'mentee_activities_other', 'satisfaction', 'interested'
]
mentorship_dtype = np.dtype({
    "names": column_names,
    "formats": ['<U1024'] * len(column_names),
})

data = np.loadtxt(
    fname, delimiter='\t', skiprows=3, dtype=mentorship_dtype,
    usecols=range(56, 74), comments=None
)

We asked survey participants about their experiences with mentorship programs related to OSS scientific software. Of the 1236 survey respondents, 122 (10%) reported participating in some form of mentorship program dealing with scientific software: 67 (55%) as mentors, 18 (15%) as mentees, and 37 (30%) in both capacities1.

participant_mask = data['participated'] == 'Yes'
glue(
    'num_mentorship_participants',
    gluval(participant_mask.sum(), data.shape[0]),
    display=False
)
mentor_mask, mentee_mask, both_mask = (
    data['role'] == key for key in ('Mentor', 'Mentee', 'Both')
)
num_mentors = mentor_mask.sum()
num_mentees = mentee_mask.sum()
num_both = both_mask.sum()
glue(
    'num_mentors',
    gluval(num_mentors, participant_mask.sum()),
    display=False
)
glue('num_mentees', gluval(num_mentees, participant_mask.sum()), display=False)
glue('num_both', gluval(num_both, participant_mask.sum()), display=False)

Paid vs. Unpaid Programs¶

14 (13%) of respondents who served as mentors reported being paid by the program, and 8 (15%) mentees reported being charged fees.

num_paid_mentors = np.sum(data['mentor_paid'] == 'Yes')
num_charged_mentees = np.sum(data['mentee_charged'] == 'Yes')
glue(
    'mentors_paid',
    gluval(num_paid_mentors, (num_mentors + num_both)),
    display=False,
)
glue(
    'mentees_charged',
    gluval(num_charged_mentees, (num_mentees + num_both)),
    display=False,
)

Mentor Motivations¶

We asked mentors to share their motivations for serving as OSS mentors.

all_mentors_mask = mentor_mask | both_mask

motivations = data['mentor_motivation'][all_mentors_mask]
motivations = motivations[motivations != '']
num_resp = motivations.shape[0]
motivations = flatten(motivations)
labels, cnts = np.unique(motivations, return_counts=True)
I = np.argsort(cnts)
labels, cnts = labels[I], cnts[I]
cnts = 100 * cnts / num_resp

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8))
ax.barh(np.arange(len(labels)), cnts)
ax.set_yticks(np.arange(len(labels)))
ax.set_yticklabels(labels)
ax.set_xlabel('Percentage of Mentors')
fig.tight_layout()

Mentor Connections¶

We asked both mentors and mentees how they were matched with their counterparts.

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8))
for start_ind, (key, label) in enumerate(zip(
    ('mentor_connect', 'mentee_connect'),
    ('Mentors', 'Mentees')
)):
    cnxn_data = data[key][data[key] != '']
    num_resp = cnxn_data.shape[0]
    labels, cnts = np.unique(flatten(cnxn_data), return_counts=True)
    # Plot
    ax.barh(
        np.arange(start_ind, 2 * len(labels), 2),
        100 * cnts / num_resp,
        align='edge',
        label=label,
    )
ax.set_yticks(np.arange(start_ind, 2 * len(labels), 2))
ax.set_yticklabels(labels)
ax.set_xlabel('Percentage of Participants')
ax.legend()
fig.tight_layout()

Mentorship Activities¶

We asked participants what sorts of activities they engaged in as part of the mentorship program.

# NOTE: not every activity was reported by both mentors/mentees
labels = np.unique(flatten(data['mentor_activities']))[3:]
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8))
for start_ind, (key, label) in enumerate(zip(
    ('mentor_activities', 'mentee_activities'),
    ('Mentors', 'Mentees')
)):
    activities_data = data[key][data[key] != '']
    num_resp = activities_data.shape[0]
    activities_data = np.array(flatten(activities_data))
    cnts = np.array([np.sum(activities_data == act) for act in labels])
    # Plot
    ax.barh(
        np.arange(start_ind, 2 * len(labels), 2),
        100 * cnts / num_resp,
        align='edge',
        label=label,
    )
# Manual modification to one category name
labels[labels == 'Attend a lecture'] = 'Attend an Event'
ax.set_yticks(np.arange(start_ind, 2 * len(labels), 2))
ax.set_yticklabels(labels)
ax.set_xlabel('Percentage of Participants')
ax.legend()
fig.tight_layout()

Program Satisfaction¶

We asked mentees how satisfied they were with their experience in the mentorship program(s).

satisfaction = data['satisfaction'][data['satisfaction'] != '']
labels, cnts = np.unique(satisfaction, return_counts=True)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8))
ax.pie(cnts, labels=labels, autopct='%1.1f%%')
fig.tight_layout()

Interest in a NumPy Mentorship Program¶

Finally, we asked survey participants whether they would be interested in a formal NumPy mentorship program. Of the 978 participants who responded to this inquiry, 592 (61%) said that they would be interested, including 73 (70%) of mentors and 44 (80%) of mentees who have previously participated in other OSS mentorship programs.

all_mentees_mask = mentee_mask | both_mask
num_resp = np.sum(data['interested'] != '')
num_yes = np.sum(data['interested'] == 'Yes')
num_former_mentors_yes = np.sum(data['interested'][all_mentors_mask] == 'Yes')
num_former_mentees_yes = np.sum(data['interested'][all_mentees_mask] == 'Yes')

glue('num_responded_mentorship_interest', num_resp, display=False)
glue('interested_in_mentorship', gluval(num_yes, num_resp), display=False)
glue(
    'former_mentors',
    gluval(num_former_mentors_yes, all_mentors_mask.sum()),
    display=False
)
glue(
    'former_mentees',
    gluval(num_former_mentees_yes, all_mentees_mask.sum()),
    display=False
)

1: No distinction is made for those who have participated in multiple different mentorship programs.

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