I have decided that if I can accomplish one of the following things within the next three years, I have done something special:
- Author a whitepaper
- Start an open-source project with other contributors
- Speak at a (somewhat important) conference on software
I plan to accomplish this by doing a few different things:
- Read and write a lot of code!
- Read and study online and printed software novels, particularly the Head-First, Fowler, or O'Reilly series of materials
- Subscribe and receive emails of tech articles (I already subscribe to TechRepublic)
- Active use of Twitter and Linkedin
- Making use of software community message boards
Of course, additional suggestions/comments are all welcome.
- Author a whitepaper
- Start an open-source project with other contributors
- Speak at a (somewhat important) conference on software
I plan to accomplish this by doing a few different things:
- Read and write a lot of code!
- Read and study online and printed software novels, particularly the Head-First, Fowler, or O'Reilly series of materials
- Subscribe and receive emails of tech articles (I already subscribe to TechRepublic)
- Active use of Twitter and Linkedin
- Making use of software community message boards
Of course, additional suggestions/comments are all welcome.
I'm wondering why you want to start an open-source project. Would being an early member of a project team be close enough? I'm sure there is at least one project out there that would tickle your fancy.
ReplyDeleteA fledgling project seems intriguing. If you have any, let me know. This is mainly to allow me to apply my effort to something potentially useful in industry.
ReplyDeleteI was also thinking of something like working to enhance NS2 (http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/) or NS3 (http://www.nsnam.org/), but an early project wouldn't be bad also.