Hi Ingo, Yes, I realise my question was quite vague but it was deliberately very general in the hope of netting the broadest range of opinions.
I do have specialisations and specific interests, and the nature of my studies will largely be self directed and primarily code generating. I am simply canvasing for problems that might intersect with those I already have in mind. It's the old, you don't know what you don't know, and I prefer not to lead people too much when when attempting to solicit this kind of information. Sometimes, I find lateral opinions to be very useful in formulating new ideas or direction. Nonetheless, thanks for your thoughts. Regards, Paul Swanson Sent from ProtonMail mobile -------- Original Message -------- On Feb 20, 2019, 04:54, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Short answer: > > Shut up and hack. > > The same answer in more verbose form: > > Research is often regarded as equally valuable as cheap and useless > talk in the OpenBSD community - unless it is accompanied by source > code patches actually making things better. > (That's an oversimplification, but i hope you get the idea.) > > Regarding what to work on: > > Almost everything can be improved. > > Finding out what you are interested in, what you are capable of, > and finding out *yourself* what needs to be done (both in a specific > situation and globally) is among the most important qualifications; > attending university is one way to try and learn that, but no > guarantee for actually learning it. > > Your question is naive and not specific enough to permit any > answer that might be satisfactory. > > Yours, > Ingo > > Paul Swanson wrote on Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 04:22:05AM +0000: > >> I'm beginning a Computer Science Master's program and would >> like to hear from members of the OpenBSD community about >> possible areas of research that could be of benefit to OpenBSD >> and its associated projects. >> >> I have some general areas of interest, such as embedded >> computing, but nothing is set in stone yet, so I thought it'd >> be fun to hear from those in know about areas of priority need >> within the OpenBSD community. >> >> Are there particular problems that could benefit from new >> ideas or solutions? >> >> Please let me know your thoughts! >> >> Regards, >> >> Paul Swanson
