Re: FreeBSD in Google Code-In 2012? You can help too!

From: David Magda <dmagda_at_ee.ryerson.ca>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:54:17 -0400
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. :)
Received on Tue Oct 23 2012 - 15:23:26 UTC

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