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LibertyGal · 26w
My son will be graduating with a double major in computer science and math in a year and a half. He currently has straight A's and will be graduating from the honors program. We are wondering if he ...
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@LibertyGal if nostr has taught me one thing is that the devs and builders here value proof-of-work.

I am sure there is value in whatever path is chosen in the options that your son has in front of him.

That said proof-of-work, in the open, that is verifiable can only better help arm your son with real-world experience.

There are plenty of open source projects your son can pick up. The most important thing is to find something he cares about enough to contribute to.

Here is a contributing to FOSS article I wrote a while back. I wrote the article with non-devs/product people in mind. The core principle of contributing without permission can be applied to devs. I'd even go a step further to say that overall devs are better suited to jump into FOSS contributions right away.

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https://nostr.at/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq96n3hp2vfmf6z2y8uvvxl97xk86kkalnqghx4p25lzl79c76a7yqq2nx3zlvaznvanp2su5km2nxuex5t2nwcmxk88864d
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elsat · 26w
Article was inspired by nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg who showed me the path on how I can contribute to FOSS 🥾⛰