Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:54:17 -0400 From: "David Magda" <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> To: "Fbsd8" <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in Google Code-In 2012? You can help too! Message-ID: <5214043c002ef030f59c2045344b8725.squirrel@webmail.ee.ryerson.ca> In-Reply-To: <5086AC06.5070405@a1poweruser.com> References: <20121016101957.GB53800@FreeBSD.org> <20121022174457.GB59689@FreeBSD.org> <5086AC06.5070405@a1poweruser.com>
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On Tue, October 23, 2012 10:39, Fbsd8 wrote: > > The subject is Google Code-In and all the posted tasks are directed at > creating documentation. Not one deals with coding any programs. If I was > 15-17 years old I sure would not be interested in writing documentation. > I would want to use and develop my coding skills. To that end there a > lot of simple PR's waiting for attention. This is an target area that > young coders would find more interesting. It would depend on what one's interests were. I've known a few technical writers over the years, and even if that is not one's long-term career objective, being paid to simply write is something a lot of people wouldn't mind doing. It's just that most writers don't hang out on Unix mailing lists. :)
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