Re: [PLUG] Volunteering

[Mag Gam <magawake@gmail.com>]

Thanks for both of your replies.

Doug,
Interesting you mentioned. Wordpress. Very nice article below.

http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/how-to-accumulate-business-analyst-experience-by-finding-volunteer-positions/

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Conor Schaefer
<conor.schaefer@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Doug Stewart
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2011, at 8:29 AM, Mag Gam <magawake@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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