Thanks! I agree that (like Doug Crockford advises) one should learn as many programming languages as possible, however, Rust may be a stretch for him; although I am convinced that he should study Rust sometime soon. But this may help him understand how a cutting-edge, fast-paced development occurs in the open-source world.
> I am the parent of a college sophomore. My son is learning data science in the US.
This is nice and all, as a parent. But I am sort of scratching my head wondering why the son is not posting themselves.
In my experience of seeing hundreds of posts over the decades like this, the key resourcefulness to do good work is also the same compulsion to post for this kind of advice themselves. Without knowing your background, surely a student (your son) studying data science, is far better suited to finding a project that a) matches their skillset and b) matches their interests.
If my son was trying to find a project I’d be telling them to find one themselves, not asking others online on their behalf.
I agree. I have asked. But the parent in me wants his lack of self-reliance in this respect not to hamper his prospects. Some people learn some things more slowly (than other things). If he is going to learn it the hard way, how long am I willing to help him? I don't know. I certainly hope he learns this before I die!
I will try again. Believe me, I hate helicopter parenting.
But if you have some concrete projects in mind, please don't keep yourself from posting them here just because one was asking about them for someone else.
https://github.com/tursodatabase/limbo
This is nice and all, as a parent. But I am sort of scratching my head wondering why the son is not posting themselves.
In my experience of seeing hundreds of posts over the decades like this, the key resourcefulness to do good work is also the same compulsion to post for this kind of advice themselves. Without knowing your background, surely a student (your son) studying data science, is far better suited to finding a project that a) matches their skillset and b) matches their interests.
If my son was trying to find a project I’d be telling them to find one themselves, not asking others online on their behalf.
I will try again. Believe me, I hate helicopter parenting.
But if you have some concrete projects in mind, please don't keep yourself from posting them here just because one was asking about them for someone else.