I think it is a bad advice. To learn how to use a qt library is not rocket sience. If you understand programming you will pickup fast. Especially QT is one of the cleanest APIs I know. A job where the libraries you know is more important then your understanding of programming they will not understand or care about your true needs. Therefor will not offer you a good working place. Don't forget you will never know everything of a new working place. Even if you are a sprcialist you can be lucky in your workplace if you know 80%. So for you it is major important to build confidents to program anything what will be thrown at you in a appropriate time.
For your free time engagement go into projects you believe in. Software concepts have not really changed in 80 years. It is just more convenient to programm today then it has been 80 years ago. Mistakes what not to do is better known. You are welcome to openoffice if you like. You will see on openoffice 30 years of programming history. Live desicion and old school concepts. And you will see political desicion, that are not technical beneficial. And no one will be able to explain it. If you join a company with a similar mature history, you will recognize similarities. See similar code and have to deal with similar gaps. You can make a difference by adding your modern knowledge of software engeneering. OpenOffice is a huge tanker with a small crew. You will be recognized fast. Challenge is of course also not low. Entry barrier is as low as possible. If you meet a barrier where community can help we will. It is your choice. Be yourself. Do what you believe in. All the best Peter Am 6. Dezember 2019 08:50:54 MEZ schrieb Jennie Klein <jenniejoyn...@gmail.com>: >Ok, wow thank you for the advice! >On Dec 6, 2019 9:48 AM, "JZA" <j...@gultab.org> wrote: > >> My honest advice is not too invest too much time on this project. Yes >you >> will learn about software development and the C++ language on higher >level >> projects. However the libraries in OpenOffice are not all that used >on the >> mainstream. I would recommend to pick up a project with Qt5 framework >which >> is a more popular framework for desktop application development as >well as >> some mobile. >> >> Good luck >> >> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019, 2:38 AM Jennie Klein <jenniejoyn...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > My name is Jennie, I am in my third year of computer science. >> > >> > I am currently looking for a job, but have been having trouble >getting >> > interviews. >> > >> > I have decided to join open source code to gain more experience in >order >> to >> > enhance my resume and to broaden my skill set. >> > >> > I had one semester in my second year of school that we programmed >in C++, >> > so I am a little familiar but haven’t gotten to an advanced level >of C++. >> > >>
