I agree with you with that one need some good judgement to avoid being contaminated with bad influences and attitudes that you can find here, but... at the sam

I agree with you with that one need some good judgement to avoid being contaminated with bad influences and attitudes that you can find here, but... at the same time I can understand his need of looking for a guide or a mentor. Probably he is in the right track though. A lot of people find good mentors just by contributing to an open source project.