On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 06:06:30PM -0400, Drew Northup wrote: > > > "Dr. Yasha Karant" wrote: > > I do not care if the person who is "leading" a project be a professor, > > a PostDoc, a Grad Student, an undergrad, or a 5 year old. I do care that > > the person understands the basic computer science involved (and not > > just as a technician/programmer/coder but as a computer scientist or > > informatician depending whether the discipline is Computer Science or > > Informatics in the region in which the work is being done -- naming > > nomenclature only). I know colleagues who are outstanding computer > > science theoreticians, and whom I would not let near a real software > > engineering project. > > I'm an engineer. I just happen to do computers--and have for about 14 > of my 21 (soon to be 22) years. I'm getting a degree in Computer > Engineering too--as if that matters when it comes to managing a > project. What is really important is that the leader: > > Be zealos about the continuance of the project > Be courteous to other project members > Be able to commit a great deal of time to things other than actual > project work that will help sustain the project > Be sure of what needs to be done, when, and how > Be capable of division of labor and organization (I may not be able to > clean my room some days, but on those days I certainly can manage to > tell other people what needs to get done) > Be committed to quality work--not quantity; as an engineer I care more > how well it works than how many we made > Be able to set valid and useful goals > Be persistant
Something which comes in my mind: Do we really need one leader? We can have multiple people doing all these things together. I think that's better. > > They may indeed be students and/or amateurs by any legal definition; > > functionally, they must be experienced professionals. That > > was one of the major shortcomings of Linux versus BSD -- Linux started > > as a very amateur effort, whereas BSD from the beginning was done by > > professionals. > > I agree about professionalism. Unfortunately that isn't something that > you can get a degree it. It just happens to some people--and not to > others. It is very much like the force--but instead of just Anakin, we > all have it if we wish to make ourselves try to find it. > > One man I have worked with in the past once gave a speech on Respect & > Responsibility--the only two rules that you need in life. You will find > that this is true. They are the definition of professionalism. Once > you have that you just need some idea as to what you are doing. > > I don't want to boast, chide, or anything of the like--but that is the > reason why Kevin let me take over this project. I aspire to the rules > of Respect and Responsibility--and I hope that others here feel the same > about their basic essence that I do. I agree. > Lets get coding, debugging, and working as a group--PLEASE! Yes, but I don't have the time to actually develop plex86 at the moment. :( Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
