How do developers have time to spare?
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:17 am
Hi there,
I always wondered how the hell do open-source project coders have time to develop games like freeorion, battle for wesnoth or 0 A.D. and yet do an excellent job and provide high-quality games.
I mean: I'm a pretty skillful computer engineer and developer (expert in Databases, development and UML/Software Engineering), expert in Java, C++, C#/NET, PHP, pretty young (26) and I always showed love and passion for open-source projects and I always wished to help develop any OS videogame. Yet I don't really know how to do it:
- My job (developer) consumes about 10.5h a day (8h work + 2.5 traveling)
- 7-8h sleep
- Keeping the body and mind healthy is necessary (1-2 hours sports)
- Eating and social relationships (friends, girlfriend... maybe 1-2h?)
- I'm a pretty competitive gamer and I like to relax playing strategy game.
I really don't know in which way I could help to any OS project at all, and I'm unaware of which is the common profile of Open-Source developers.
Can anyone give me 5 cents and enlighten me?
Thank you, once again this is a really great and addictive game, and by what I read freeorion community seems kind and active.
I always wondered how the hell do open-source project coders have time to develop games like freeorion, battle for wesnoth or 0 A.D. and yet do an excellent job and provide high-quality games.
I mean: I'm a pretty skillful computer engineer and developer (expert in Databases, development and UML/Software Engineering), expert in Java, C++, C#/NET, PHP, pretty young (26) and I always showed love and passion for open-source projects and I always wished to help develop any OS videogame. Yet I don't really know how to do it:
- My job (developer) consumes about 10.5h a day (8h work + 2.5 traveling)
- 7-8h sleep
- Keeping the body and mind healthy is necessary (1-2 hours sports)
- Eating and social relationships (friends, girlfriend... maybe 1-2h?)
- I'm a pretty competitive gamer and I like to relax playing strategy game.
I really don't know in which way I could help to any OS project at all, and I'm unaware of which is the common profile of Open-Source developers.
Can anyone give me 5 cents and enlighten me?
Thank you, once again this is a really great and addictive game, and by what I read freeorion community seems kind and active.