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While personal projects are good, even more impressive is contributing features and/or bug fixes to larger open source projects. It's sometimes much more chall
by runT1ME 6y ago
While personal projects are good, even more impressive is contributing features and/or bug fixes to larger open source projects.
It's sometimes much more challenging to dive into an existing project, learn their frameworks/style/design, and work with existing contributors.
However it's also much closer to what happens on a real development team. Whereas a project with a single author can show coding skill, working in a large open source project shows collaboration, communication, and soft skills as well.
It is a huge gold star on a resume in my opinion.
- mettamage 6y agoHow do you get the ball rolling on that and are there any good open source projects to start on?
- detaro 6y agoI'd suggest going by what you use. At least for me, the initial motivation worked way better when fixing a bug on or improving something I regularly use. That can range from some random browser extension to tooling of a programming language you use. Sending PRs to one-person projects can be a bit hit-and-miss if they are active, but on the other hand they're often happy about any contribution they get that shows someone else cares about their thing. On the other hand, large projects are more likely to have a community where someone might help a first-time contributor through the steps.