Discussion on: How do you survive over a year of rejected applications?

I almost forgot: see if you can contribute to an open source project.

A few resources:

• CodeTriage you can choose projects in need filtered by language. Spend sometimes checking the issues out, some projects indicate the level of difficulty, some don't unfortunately.

• GitHub new contributors showcase: as they say in the subtitle... these projects have a history and reputation for being welcoming to new open source contributors.

• The evergreen opensource guide