So you want to stand out in your Computer Science career?

Here is the main tip…..

Contribute and Write about it.

There’s a great trend happening in the industry these days and that is the acceptance of open-source!

Many companies are using such services as Github and other open source websites. Engineers in those companies are directly working in those repositories. Here’s how you can help yourself learn, standout and help them in their work.

• Code reviews
• Bug fixing
• Bug discussion
• Security Review
• Add a feature
• Reverse Engineer
• SDK/API Review

Outside of code repositories you can also do:

• Book reviews
• Blog reviews

Take Away

The best way to learn is to share knowledge. This creates a feedback loop which makes career, projects and other long ventures satisfying on the micro and macro levels.