Re: [OS:N:] Just joined

[Etienne Goyer <etienne goyer videotron ca>]

Robert Citek wrote:
> On Tuesday, Feb 15, 2005, at 14:41 US/Central, Deadly Earnest wrote:
>
> > I'd like to be of some use programming for Open Source but I'm going to
> > be dead weight for a while. My background is about 10 years in embedded
> > systems programming for telecommunications and as a result I'm a
> > straight C man and have never had a big screen to play with. I'd like to
> > do some C++ and Java and then join one of the projects in time but for
> > now I'm just finding my feet.
>
>
> My recommendation is to hop on to SourceForge, pick a project, and help 
> answer user questions and fixing bugs.  Advantages:

Why not make a buck in the process ?

If PHP is your poison (it's not right now, but I assure you it's an 
interesting and widely used language), check out the Horde project and 
its bounty at http://www.horde.org/bounties/.

Or participate in the Ubuntu project.  Mark Shuttleworth is willing to 
pay big bucks for different projects to be worked upon.  Grab your 
pieces at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/bounties/document_view

These are just the two that I know about.  I am pretty damn sure other 
projects have similar system.  It is a shame to see bounties going 
unclaimed for months when so many people complain about lack of jobs in 
programming and IT.