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*:* It can be difficult at the beginning to think on something to do. This is nature of free and open source software development. You will need to break the mental barrier that prevents you from thinking on what can be done. Once you do that, you will have no lack of ideas for what to do next. | *:* It can be difficult at the beginning to think on something to do. This is nature of free and open source software development. You will need to break the mental barrier that prevents you from thinking on what can be done. Once you do that, you will have no lack of ideas for what to do next. | ||
*:* Use Octave. Eventually you will come accross somethings that does not work the way you like. Fix that. Or you will come accross a missing function. Implement it. It may be a difficult problem (they usually are) but while solving that problem you may find other missing functions (). Implemenent and contribute those to Octave. | *:* Use Octave. Eventually you will come accross somethings that does not work the way you like. Fix that. Or you will come accross a missing function. Implement it. It may be a difficult problem (they usually are) but while solving that problem you may find other missing functions (). Implemenent and contribute those to Octave. | ||
*:* Take a look at the [[Short projects]] for something that may be simple to start with. | |||
* '''Find Something That Interests You''' | * '''Find Something That Interests You''' | ||
*: It's '''critical''' that you '''find a project that excites you'''. You'll be spending most of the summer working on it (we expect you to treat the SoC as a full-time job). | *: It's '''critical''' that you '''find a project that excites you'''. You'll be spending most of the summer working on it (we expect you to treat the SoC as a full-time job). | ||