Re:Ask HN: a father called me asking how to get a job for hi...
by lifeisstillgood on Monday July 15, 2013 @11:45AM
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OK - actual concrete advice.
Open source, text only communication, provide guidance and support and discussion around rejection and trolling.
Find an area the son is interested in, and has a little experience with - perhaps gaming, perhaps collecting.
Identify some OSS projects, in the area, plus identify something the son wants (may be harder this last one)
build the project locally. Try to automate the build. Contribute back the automation and docs. Slowly change the project to do something else. contribute that back.
Rinse and repeat - if its possible think in terms of a year or more.
More advice on OSS projects get the father to post here (or contact me / others directly)
as for text only communication - stick to email - it is asynchronous and gives time to prepare.
And trolling and rejection - sorry thats going to be par for the course - I suggest the main criteria for OSS prjects is not the tech, its the community.
Open source, text only communication, provide guidance and support and discussion around rejection and trolling.
Find an area the son is interested in, and has a little experience with - perhaps gaming, perhaps collecting.
Identify some OSS projects, in the area, plus identify something the son wants (may be harder this last one)
build the project locally. Try to automate the build. Contribute back the automation and docs. Slowly change the project to do something else. contribute that back.
Rinse and repeat - if its possible think in terms of a year or more.
More advice on OSS projects get the father to post here (or contact me / others directly)
as for text only communication - stick to email - it is asynchronous and gives time to prepare.
And trolling and rejection - sorry thats going to be par for the course - I suggest the main criteria for OSS prjects is not the tech, its the community.