You know what kinda bums me out? There's probably nothing more I would like to do than help contribute to Rails but I have no idea where to start. I've read books [0] on a basic idea of how it works, subscribe to every mailing list, answer questions on stack overflow, emailed 2 core contributors on tips, and read a dozen blog posts but I haven't even scratched the surface. For me, the code base is is incredibly intimidating. Every once in a while, I muster the courage to go through pages and pages of Rails issues to try to understand what and where but usually I have no idea what's going on or how to fix it. I think really is a huge problem in OSS. I'm only two years out of school but I'm not allowed to participate in GSoC/Facebook OSS Academy.<p>Anyone have any suggestions?<p>[0] Rebuilding Rail - <a href="http://rebuilding-rails.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rebuilding-rails.com/</a>