On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:34:46 -0700, "Al Byers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sasha Pachev wrote: > > I suggest using whatever spare time you have to contribute to some > > open-source project. Ideally, you want to have your own that you have > > created from scratch, as well as some bigger scale project to which > > you have contributed. Then prospective employers do not treat you as > > the "entry level" programmer any more.
> I think it is basically a good idea to create or contribute to an > open-source project as a way to demonstrate interest and capability, > but, realistically, the opportunities for contributing to something > meaningful are few and far between. You can go to sourceforge and find > dozens of projects of the same genre; only one or two in each category > will get any real play. So pick one of those two. Nobody said you should pick an OSS project essentially at random. -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
