From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 10 16:58:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from relay5.ftech.net (onyx.ftech.net [195.200.12.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A857915129 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 16:58:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goddard@acm.org) Received: from ruby.ftech.net ([195.200.12.8] helo=dmg) by relay5.ftech.net with smtp (Exim 2.05ftechp2 #2) id 10W7bS-0004c8-00 for chat@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:55:59 +0100 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990411005541.00977950@mailgate.ftech.net> X-Sender: dmg@mailgate.ftech.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:55:41 +0100 To: chat@freebsd.org From: David Goddard Subject: A wee bit of advice Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, I'm after some advice :-) I've done little real coding since leaving university a few years back (having, sadly, taken a more suit-like career path) but would like to get back into it. I guess you could call me a born-again newbie (not that I was ever a *guru* exactly)... Specifically, I'd like to code in an area that interests me - such as FreeBSD (system or applications - I'm flexible), where I've been a happy user for a number of years but not exactly contributed much. I've read the relevant section of the handbook, with the todo lists &c., but I'm still at a bit of a loss for where to start - having trouble seeing the wood from the trees I think... Any tips (such as ideas for a project, anecdotes or pointers to some good texts on systems programming)? Thanks, Dave -- David Goddard ~ goddard@acm.org ~ http://freeweb.ftech.net/dmg Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message