"Dr. Yasha Karant" wrote:
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> > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 09:06:11AM -0500, Jos? Enrique Alvarez Estrada wrote:
> > > --- Joaquim Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi?:
> [snip]
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> [snip]
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> I do not care if the person who is "leading" a project be a professor,
> a PostDoc, a Grad Student, an undergrad, or a 5 year old. I do care that
> the person understands the basic computer science involved (and not
> just as a technician/programmer/coder but as a computer scientist or
> informatician depending whether the discipline is Computer Science or
> Informatics in the region in which the work is being done -- naming
> nomenclature only). I know colleagues who are outstanding computer
> science theoreticians, and whom I would not let near a real software
> engineering project.
I'm an engineer. I just happen to do computers--and have for about 14
of my 21 (soon to be 22) years. I'm getting a degree in Computer
Engineering too--as if that matters when it comes to managing a
project. What is really important is that the leader:
Be zealos about the continuance of the project
Be courteous to other project members
Be able to commit a great deal of time to things other than actual
project work that will help sustain the project
Be sure of what needs to be done, when, and how
Be capable of division of labor and organization (I may not be able to
clean my room some days, but on those days I certainly can manage to
tell other people what needs to get done)
Be committed to quality work--not quantity; as an engineer I care more
how well it works than how many we made
Be able to set valid and useful goals
Be persistant
> They may indeed be students and/or amateurs by any legal definition;
> functionally, they must be experienced professionals. That
> was one of the major shortcomings of Linux versus BSD -- Linux started
> as a very amateur effort, whereas BSD from the beginning was done by
> professionals.
I agree about professionalism. Unfortunately that isn't something that
you can get a degree it. It just happens to some people--and not to
others. It is very much like the force--but instead of just Anakin, we
all have it if we wish to make ourselves try to find it.
One man I have worked with in the past once gave a speech on Respect &
Responsibility--the only two rules that you need in life. You will find
that this is true. They are the definition of professionalism. Once
you have that you just need some idea as to what you are doing.
I don't want to boast, chide, or anything of the like--but that is the
reason why Kevin let me take over this project. I aspire to the rules
of Respect and Responsibility--and I hope that others here feel the same
about their basic essence that I do.
Lets get coding, debugging, and working as a group--PLEASE!
>
> Free software? Open source? A discussion for another time. "Use
> the Source, Luke."
>
> Yasha Karant
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