On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Damon Bree <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there anybody looking to employ a volunteer? > > I have some very basic php skills, but without a chance to get any real > practise in, the knowledge is going stale, and i don't really have the > creative vision to create a project. > > Would be keen on any work with any training for any more advanced stuff. > Have reference material and training for the basics > > Hi Damon, If you're prepared to work for free in return for a bit of coaching and mentoring, why not sign up with one to the many open source projects out there? Any project worth its salt has a bug tracker with a large number of feature requests & you could choose a couple of simple ones to start on. I'm sure that once you have started implementing a feature you'll easily be able to find people in the discussion forum for the project who will be only too happy to review your code & offer pointers. The best thing is that because it's an open source project you'll be able to show your work to prospective employers (which isn't always the case with closed source code). You can also refer them to the project discussion forum to show how you interact with more experienced developers. Regards Bruce (Note to the longer serving list members -- yes this is a cut & paste from my answer to a similar question last year. B) -- Bruce Clement Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement Directory: http://www.searchme.co.nz/ "Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail Kalashnikov -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
