On 11/14/16 6:10 AM, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > I have a major problem, I'm a college grad in computer science with 0 > years of experience.
There has been some great feedback on this question already and I can only add a few points: 1. Don't limit yourself to "Linux" given that nearly every modern technology bumps into GNU/Linux in some way already. 2. The points like help desk are very good because in-the-trenches insights are very, very helpful for... coding. I sincerely wish every FreeNAS developer (FreeBSD-based) had spent a year or more in the trenches before they wrote a single line of code. 3. If you're greedy: Look at the most in-demand projects and dive into them. Wordpress and OpenStack come to mind. They are insanely-contrived and leave countless opportunities for legions of people. Find some single component that interests you and find a way to help. Demonstrate value and then dismissively mention you are considering full-time work. If you can do that one thing... others will be considered added benefits. Yes, I am bit cynical on all this because the tools should be well-written, intuitive and not require extensive specialized experience to make them work... but, they are and do. Michael _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
