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Should writing code to contribute be a goal in the long run? Also I already hangout in IRC chats for FOSS and it's something I want to do but the things I look
by kzisme 13y ago
Should writing code to contribute be a goal in the long run?
Also I already hangout in IRC chats for FOSS and it's something I want to do but the things I look at all seem over my head.
- yeukhon 13y agoLong run? Sure, but don't stress yourself about you have to write code. There are people write open source software for work (for example, docker, open stack) and you can't really compete with them. You can try to write code in the long run. You can build new features and implement the feature for a few months...
- kzisme 13y agoI still find it's easy to struggle while finding a starting point. Any other general tips?
- yeukhon 13y agoDo you have a specific software in mind you want to work on? Specific task? Interest? Like I said, I started out to fix things affecting me. I would dive into the code a bit to see what went wrong. For projects like angular.js I don't have any knowledge how to fix things so I simply file bug. For projects written in Python I am more comfortable hacking.