Join this group and ask the question himself. (I know others will give more useful advice) On 18 Jan 2012 11:16, "Robert Muwanga" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi guys, > I have a colleague who is working but wants to shift his career towards > software development. Even though he did do computer science degree and > loved programming, he kinda side-stepped from that career. He still does > programming though, but not really full-fledged development, just like > solving those programming competition problems from time to time, nothing > full-fledged so he still has relatively strong programming skills but not > necessarily development skills. > What he wants to do is take it to the next level. A lot of people say > "read books", "watch those MIT videos", etc., which honestly is all well > and good, but nothing beats hands-on, group development (part-time, or slow > paced at least for now), which is very well enshrined in the open source > community. To cut a long story short, he wants to get onto such a project > but doesn't know where to start or how to get on-board, and, like I said, > his programming is relatively good but he doesn't know how to use > development tools like debuggers or software repositories like > git/subversion. > So, if we take him as a beginning and budding developer, what advise can > you give to such an individual? > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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