On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:07 AM, James Brewer <ja...@brwr.org> wrote: > I'm sure there will be a substantial amount of arrogance perceived from > this question, but frankly I don't think that I have anything to learn from > my co-workers, which saddens me because I really like to learn and I know > that I have a lot of learning to do. > > I've been employed as a software engineer for about eight months now and I > feel like I haven't learned nearly as much as I should. Sure, I've picked > up little tidbits of information here and there, but I'm no more confident > in my ability to build anything more complex than a basic crud app than I > was the day I started. > > Things I'm interested include contributing to both Python and Django, > database design and data modeling, API design, code quality, algorithms and > data structures, and software architecture, among other things. > > Basically, I want to be a better engineer. Where can I find someone > willing to point me in the right direction and what can I offer in return? >
Find something that interests you (you've done that already). Clone the repository of whatever interests you (Django, Python, etc.). Then start reading their source code. Maybe pick up a bug report that you think you can understand and work on coming up with a solution -- that will lead to more targeted reading than simply perusing it at random. Chances are someone will fix it before you get a chance, but just seeing how _others_ have designed their software and implemented it will help you learn a lot. The more you do that, the more you will understand the overall framework of the project. Best of all would be to choose a project that you use regularly. Once you become more experienced and knowledgeable about the project you've chosen, you can start contributing back to it. Everybody wins. At least I've learned a lot doing that. Good luck, Jason
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