I'll say, when you join a new company, it takes some time when you feel you are "involved" and care about the company.
> If the product involves 50+ engineering team members, then 2-4 months takes you to onboard, and post that you learn new things and feel involved in day to day.
HospitalRun team is great and very welcoming. You can join there Slack channel here: https://hospitalrun.slack.com/ . The project is expected to be undertaken by JS Foundation in near future.
And Yeah, I am a Full stack developer.
Some time back, I saw an Ask HN post by someone who wanted to know how to become an evangelist for a language or a framework. I wonder if that's something that motivates comments in forums such as this.
I am from Hyderabad, India and felt racist reading that title - "IT coolies". I believe the author just want to make headline.
A lot of innovation happens that gets unnoticed in Silicon Valley or around the world. People here do not have access to mentorship & peer network so easily (openly available in California), still being self-motivated and connected by reading tech blogs, advises, etc. Just top of my head are following two examples.