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> try working with a professor informally (perhaps starting with software engineering for some project) and go from there. I’ve been wanting to do this for yea
by mrfusion 6y ago
> try working with a professor informally (perhaps starting with software engineering for some project) and go from there.
I’ve been wanting to do this for years. Any tips on how to find a project and a willing professor? I’ve emailed interesting professors but I’ve never heard back.
(I was even curious to start a website to match up researchers with volunteer programmers.)
- ianmiers 6y agoIts hard, we get a lot of emails and ignore most of them. You need to find some interesting insight or question, not "can you work with me." Making me think about research is a welcome thing. Making me think about managing people, not so much. Couple of tricks: try not engaging via email. Twitter works (but again, make it a stimulating conversation, not a "work work" one). Or if they have code on github under active development, try contributing there.
- mrfusion 6y agoThanks. I like those ideas. I’ll give it a try.