Hmm, tough to answer without more to go on. I think if I were in your shoes I'd ask myself where I'm most happy outside of programming. A lot of good entry level open source work involves combining programming with other skills.

Are you an organizer or a communicator? The sort of person who draws diagrams and talks to yourself practicing better ways to explain cool ideas in simple terms?

Are you a scrappy tinkerer? Someone who knows how to get your hands dirty in a productive way before you're an expert? A wiz with unit testing and profiling tools?

I do have an education-related project I'm working on where being a smart but inexperienced programmer might be an advantage. But it's a question of whether it's a good fit for what you're looking for. Email me if you may be interested in that.

On Apr 11, 2012 3:53 PM, "Dan Cristian Octavian" <danoctavian91@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I am a second year computer science student who is very interested in working on a haskell open source project. I have no particular focus on a certain type of application. I am open to ideas and to exploring new fields. What kind of project should I look for considering that I am a beginner? (Any particular project proposals would be greatly appreciated).

Is the entry bar too high for most projects out there for somebody lacking experience such as me so that I should try getting some experience on my own first?

Would it be a better idea to try to hack on my own project rather than helping on an existing one?

Thank you very much for your help.

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