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From the article, and up to your point. On the expected learnings there is: ... > Choosing realistic contribution goals. (Initially students tend to wildly ov
by ElViajero 5y ago
From the article, and up to your point. On the expected learnings there is:
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> Choosing realistic contribution goals. (Initially students tend to wildly overestimate their ability to contribute to a project.) This is a key activity in agile development sprints;
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> Try to contribute a trivial fix as a warm-up exercise and as a way to test your ability to follow the project's workflows.
- yoz-y 5y ago> Try to contribute a trivial fix as a warm-up exercise and as a way to test your ability to follow the project's workflows. Finding trivial fixes is no trivial task though. Some projects do have a tag like `good_starter_bug` but most don't. Projects that actually have lingering trivial fixes tend to be rather huge too.