Know or listen to those who know.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Leap, and the net will appear.
I work on OpenBSD fulltime, as the project leader. I set some directions, increase communication between the developers, and try to be involved in nearly every aspect of the base system.