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This is pretty much Rails/Ruby related only, and I believe that even though there are points to be taken for other programming languages, people who still haven

by aram 13y ago

This is pretty much Rails/Ruby related only, and I believe that even though there are points to be taken for other programming languages, people who still haven't contributed to OS and working with, say, PHP will not benefit much. And have to mention: > "2. IMPROVE AN EXISTING GEM TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE" This is such a cliché ("[doing something] to make the world a better place"), misused everywhere from CVs, random blog posts like this and missions of companies. Seeing this phrase just downgrades the opinion and value of the source for me.

yeukhon 13y ago
If I ever had the chance to interview people in the future, I'd like to ask why the contribute to those projects. I probably won't penalize anyone for being too involved with Open Source projects (like holy shit this guy claimed to be contributors to 20 projects...), but I will weigh his intentions. And yeah, I'd say it's easier and more helpful to contribute to projects you are already using for your work.