Re: [PLUG] Volunteering

I recommend she head to GitHub and search projects there for two qualities: interesting to her, and within her skillset (what language the project is in can be a big barrier, for instance). It is not a bad approach to use Google to search for project ideas and try to find someone, or a group of people, who has started work already.

If your friend claims she enjoys programming, then surely she must do it in her free time. Tell her to follow that passion and find a collaborative project that results in code she herself really wants to use. The trouble with getting hired thus far is understandable. It's not just the bad economy, but also the lack of independent projects in her portfolio. I would no more hire a developer without projects than I would a musician who's never composed, but states that music is fun.

On Jul 10, 2011 8:36 AM, "Doug Stewart" <zamoose@gmail.com> wrote:
> WordPress (wordpress.org) is a good place to start.
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> Doug Stewart
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> On Jul 10, 2011, at 8:29 AM, Mag Gam <magawake@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My friend has been looking for a IT job for the last 1.5 year and its
>> been an up hill battle ever since. She submitted more than 100+
>> resumes and had some interviews but to no avail. She understands she
>> does not have a lot of programming experience (she is coming from the
>> business side) but would like to step into it since she enjoys it. I
>> told her volunteering to an opensource project would be ideal but I
>> too am confused what would be a good project to volunteer.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a project she can get her feet wet with? Are
>> there any projects where mentors or senior people are assigned to
>> newbie volunteers? Has anyone had experience (good/bad) with such
>> projects?
>>
>> TIA
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