> On Nov 28, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Sai <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone. > This is my first time entering GCI and I'm really confused about which > organization to choose. I've previously used HTML, CSS and Python. I have > also developed games previously using Scratch and Python. Though I find > almost all beginner tasks doable, I cannot say the same about the more > advanced tasks. Almost all the participating organizations seem to have a lot > to offer and it seems essential that we choose the right organization at the > beginning. So in conclusion, I'd be really grateful if someone helps me out > with choosing an organization.
If it’s any help, I think your skills will apply to many if not most of the participating orgs in some useful way. Even if their main code is not Scratch or Python, you should be able to apply what you know to other languages without too much difficulty because they're relatively small tasks and a team of mentors are available to help. Join their discussion channel and just try doing one of the tasks, ask questions. You’ll learn a lot, and it’ll get easier. If you came to any org with that question, they’d might be able to point you at one of the less complicated tasks to get started. > P.S: Is there any way to filter tasks by programming language? That'd make my > task a lot easier. There have been GCI grand prize winners who started out mostly knowing Javascript or Python, but they ended up working in other languages (e.g., C/C++) and learned along the way. You can do a keyword search, but I wouldn’t limit yourself to what you know. Also, you might get the wrong impression if the org wasn’t consistent tagging their tasks, which isn’t easy. For example, BRL-CAD has a *lot* of HTML/CSS tasks and more to be uploaded, but some are disguised as design or website work. We need to go back and tag them as html/css. Point is to talk, and not assume. ;-) Cheers! Sean BRL-CAD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code-in Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gci-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
