Ask HN: How do you get better technically? I can do my job, I feel like I'm stagnating. I don't work with anyone who pushes me or teaches me. I've tried to contribute to Open Source projects but struggle to get into it from a technically perspective. Is there any resource or technique you use to technically get better? |
What if you do the opposite? First try to contribute to Spark by picking the currently opened issues/bugs that looks the easiest. Write in the issue that you'd like to try to solve the issue but don't know the codebase very well, and that you might request some hand-holding if you have questions/get stuck. Most open source projects are willing to help contributors to get up to speed, so it could be a viable way.
As you start cranking through issues you'll learn more about the codebase and can stop getting help from others, maybe you'll start helping others instead.
When you're at this point (with a history of contributions) it'll be easy to find leads to jobs and also easy to get hired.