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by commandlinefan 2515 days ago
> an extremely thorough understanding of the project

Right - so no time like the present to get started understanding!
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biehl 2515 days ago
Right. But sometimes this clashes with new developers expectation of actually being able to produce an acceptable solution and getting it merged within a reasonable amount of time.

Have those expectations never clashed for you?

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closeparen 2514 days ago
You can get started by doing smaller and better-defined projects first, rather than going for ~weeks before knowing whether you have any traction.
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