Alex Martelli wrote: > John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Now that I've learned much of Python, I'm sort of stuck with what to do >> with it. I'm not a professional programmer, so I don't really have a use >> for Python now. But I really want to come up with some neat uses for it >> (for fun, and so I don't just start forgetting it right after I learned it). > > Instead of hacking away on your own, I suggest you look around > sourceforge and other such repositories of open-source programs: find > out what projects are written in Python and may be looking for helpers, > prioritize them in terms of your interests, and email the admins of the > top one offering to help -- if they politely decline, try the second > one, and so forth. The best and most fun programming is that done in > teams; also, participating in an open-souce effort gives you extra > motivation to keep at it when the going gets hard (if the going never > gets hard then you're not tackling problems that are interesting > enough!-) -- as you know you're helping others, not just putzing around, > you'll feel that extra push towards sticking with the task! > > > Alex
Great idea. It would be fun to actually contribute something to the community, but I don't think I'm quite at that level yet, unless it's more of an 'assistant programmer' role, i.e. get the programmer's coffee. :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
