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I think most contributions to open source projects come from a necessity, so you can start to create web apps, a todo list, a chat, whatever you want, and event

by josem 15y ago

I think most contributions to open source projects come from a necessity, so you can start to create web apps, a todo list, a chat, whatever you want, and eventually when you start to use open source projects (usually gems if you use RoR) to build something you'll probably see some features that would be cool to have. Even some whole open source projects are created because someone needed something and after googled it didn't find it. If you can make money and/or help someone while you are building those real projects would be awesome, if not, create new things from scratch, and eventually you'll create your open source projects or at least you'll make pull requests because you needed something for that project. I hope this helps, thanks for sharing your story :)

goshakkk 15y ago
As of creating simple web apps, etc. I said before, last months I can love the idea one day, but I can lose interest on another day. I've also asked some advice on how to stay interested. I think the loss of interest after starting something is one of my biggest problems, yeah :/ Not sure I can money at all... Alright, thanks for your advice anyway.
- josem 15y ago
  Self-discipline is a must, it doesn't matter the project you are working on, the motivation goes down from time to time. Anyway I think you are young, really young actually, so keep starting projects, one way to keep them interesting is to see those projects as solutions to problems and if that helps you out with something real that would be perfect (like a to-do lists manager). If you can't keep working on the same project for too long, well, don't worry, you've learnt english and you are smart enough to know some things at 15 (many proffesional developers didn't know how to program at that age, and even later). So try to study more, learn new things and eventually you'll start to create things. To be more productive try to exercise, that will help you to be more self-disciplined and it'll give you more energy.

by josem 15y ago

goshakkk 15y ago

As of creating simple web apps, etc. I said before, last months I can love the idea one day, but I can lose interest on another day. I've also asked some advice on how to stay interested. I think the loss of interest after starting something is one of my biggest problems, yeah :/ Not sure I can money at all... Alright, thanks for your advice anyway.

josem 15y ago
Self-discipline is a must, it doesn't matter the project you are working on, the motivation goes down from time to time. Anyway I think you are young, really young actually, so keep starting projects, one way to keep them interesting is to see those projects as solutions to problems and if that helps you out with something real that would be perfect (like a to-do lists manager). If you can't keep working on the same project for too long, well, don't worry, you've learnt english and you are smart enough to know some things at 15 (many proffesional developers didn't know how to program at that age, and even later). So try to study more, learn new things and eventually you'll start to create things. To be more productive try to exercise, that will help you to be more self-disciplined and it'll give you more energy.