From what I've seen the vast majority of that just produces lots of copies of tutorial projects repeated over and over again, as that's far easier than actually

From what I've seen the vast majority of that just produces lots of copies of tutorial projects repeated over and over again, as that's far easier than actually coming up with a new project that's of use to other people, or getting involved, learning the process, and becoming a contributor on an existing one. I've seen that advice everywhere, but _never_ actually seen someone become an ongoing OSS contributor as a result. I'm sure it happens, but I question how often and how much of an impact it actually is.