Re: Java Knowledge/Experience

How can one start contributing to the project you mentioned (TriJUG jobs posting
application)?


-Derek





Lee Haslup <bigleehimself-/[email protected]>@trijug.org
01/25/2007 01:45 PM
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To:        Grant Shipley <[email protected]>, "Robert J. Cameron" 
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Subject:        Re: [Juglist] Java Knowledge/Experience
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I am a big fan of the open-source project route.  I used that myself
when I found myself looking after the telecom crash in 2002.  The
availability of code you wrote that prospective employers can see and
can execute is very powerful.  Contributions you have made to an
open-source project can be put on your resume without seeming to be
grasping at straws.

I have heard that SourceForge has been screening applications for new
projects more closely to crank down on their high percentage of
abandoned projects and it may be harder than it once was to create a
new project.  But there are lots of existing projects out there that
could use work.  One near-at-hand example being the TriJUG jobs posting
application ( http://trijug.org/JUGJobs/joblist.do ) which is a Struts
application that uses jUnit, RSS and a number of other technologies
that would tend to look good on a resume.  The project was a group
project coded by a group of Java programmers looking to improve their
skills (and flesh out their resumes.)  With the upturn in the job
market the learning group has gone on hiatus but the app is still there
and needs new features and (since it was written by less-experienced
Java coders) a bit of tidying up.  I am currently working on adding a
Captcha test to screen out spam-bots (the jug jobs list gets hit from
time to time) but I would be glad to share it with someone who need the
experience.

"Who will help me *write* the Jobs app," said the Little Red Hen...

Lee Haslup

--- Grant Shipley <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 1/24/07, Robert J. Cameron <robertjcameron-/[email protected]> wrote:
> > Here's another big secret: in my experience, few employers care
> what
> > coursework you have -- they might like to see a degree but are far
> more
> > interested in hands-on work, no matter how trivial.
> 
> I agree with this.  I interview a lot of Java programmers and I never
> ask and/or care about their course work.
> 
> I would suggest finding an open source project that interests you and
> start contributing code to it. If you don't find any that interests
> you, start your own and post it on sourceforge.
> 
> 
> --
> grant
> 
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