I have been a desktop Linux user for better than eleven years, as a hobby. Back when we still did most of our computing on desktops I even set up a rudimentary server setup in my home. Nothing fancy or anything, but I was proud of it and of the fact that it was built Microsoft free. I have no formal education in IT nor programming. Retired now, my career was finance; I was an IRS field agent.
Since retiring two years ago, I have renewed my interest in software. I know some C and lately decided to learn Python. I have worked through a couple of the introductory texts and have a feeling for the OOP model, although I won't be able to call myself an experienced practitioner anytime soon. I am looking for an open source project that will allow me to develop my skills further. Financially, I'm set; I'm not looking for a job. I'm looking for some drudge work, where I can look at other peoples' code and make a contribution. Naturally I do not want to do this forever; I'm hoping to get up to speed with my skill set so I can work to more complexity later. Does anyone have some ideas that would help me? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
