I'm leaning this direction as it would allow me to get a ground-up familiarity with certain stacks and technologies, whereas with open source at the outset I ne

I'm leaning this direction as it would allow me to get a ground-up familiarity with certain stacks and technologies, whereas with open source at the outset I never know where to look or what to prioritize. It's obtuse. You have to sift through an overwhelming number of projects, most of which I have little interest in, then look at issues for bugs or features with no context.