By sending this email to people directly as a BCC, you are hurting the concept of information sharing because no one else will find out what the answer is. So, I'm CC'ing general@jakarta with my response. on 5/15/01 3:51 PM, "Harris Mir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I took your email address from list of JAMES developers and am taking the > liberty of sending you a direct email. If you find in intrusive, I apologize > and please ignore this email. > > I am pretty new to programming. I first intend to learn java and then select > an open source community to contribute too. Right now, my favourite are > jakarta and AgroUML team > > The recipients of this email appear to be the most active developers. While > I have read the Get Involved the section on the website, can you please > answer the following questions Many of your questions are general, but I think you need to leave it up to the individual to answer for themselves, not to give their opinion about other people. > -) how much hours/week do active developers contribute to open source > projects? 40-60+ > -)How many yearos of experience (on average) do these developers have? How > important is the quality of code a developer contributes? I don't think that > my code will be of very high quality...at least not initially. I personally have been working on Java/Apache stuff since Sept 1996. > -)What challenges should I expect if I try to become a member of open source > community? Dealing with the learning curves and becoming used to working as a community effort where many people get a voice in the matter and are opinionated with their views. Some people see that as a negative thing, I see it as a positive because it increases the quality of the code through peer review and judgment as well as increases the quality of the developers working on the code. I know that I have personally learned more in the last 6 years than I have my entire life (I'm 28 on May 24th). -jon -- If you come from a Perl or PHP background, JSP is a way to take your pain to new levels. --Anonymous <http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/ymtd/ymtd.html> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
