Re: [OS:N:] Nobody here?

[Robert Citek <rwcitek alum calberkeley org>]

On Sunday, Nov 21, 2004, at 23:17 US/Central, Yin Ming wrote:
> And I'm looking for a good place to learn anything about personal
> development, especially in planning and management.

One way to learn coding, planning, and management is to join one or 
more existing OpenSource projects.  By participating, you will observe 
how those people plan and manage their projects, how they deal with 
issues, and how they allocate resources.  SourceForge.net has a bunch 
(>91,000).  I would venture that more than 95% are crud, about 5% are 
decent, and the rest are quite good.  Try to find a good one.  Hint: 
they tend to appear within the top 100 on the "Most Active" list.  
Also, join a not-so good project as well.  In that way you will learn 
how not to manage a project.

But all that is just my opinion.

Regards,
- Robert
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