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Getting involved with open source software projects is a great way to prepare yourself for a job as a software engineer. Many of you may find yourself assigned to a team or project where you will be dealing with code that was written years ago by different software engineers who all differed in logic. Thus when it comes time to improving and refactoring this code, it can be tedious.

To best prepare for a role as such and interpreting what code in a program does that was written by other people, I suggest dabbling with open source projects. It will teach you to take the time to learn what the codebase and figure out what code calls which file and such. You will be able to hone your skills and refine your methodologies by participating in these open source projects. Most importantly, the skills learned will be invaluable when you transition to a full-time role as a software engineer.