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by bphogan 3776 days ago
Many 1st semester students want to get involved and can't code yet. And I know they'd jump at this.
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jarek 3776 days ago
How many have you suggested volunteer, and what were their thoughts after a semester?
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bphogan 3776 days ago
About 60 a semester.

Number that attempt to get involved is unknown.

I require 1st semester students to push final projects to Github public repositories so they learn Git.

Biggest problem is that they can't program very well yet but want to contribute. So any low-hanging fruit is welcome, really.

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chei0aiV 3772 days ago
Debian has the how-can-i-help tool, which is aimed at helping people find low-hanging fruit:

https://wiki.debian.org/how-can-i-help

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newjersey 3775 days ago
I've been working as a programmer for a few years and I can't program very well. I can get things done but it takes longer as I'm constantly distracting myself. I want to contribute as well, particularly with compiling binaries and easier stuff but I don't know where to start.
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