Does it make any sense to contribute to KDE lately, now that all that's "cool" is being moved in the cloud?
It seems like these guys are in need of some contributors and I was wondering whether it's a good C++ code base to learn from and gain experience or it's better to get involved in something that has more momentum ?
Desktops will be with us for decades to come. There is a lot of work to do, and I am sure the KDE Project has ample ToDo lists. So if you want to help, go for it!
Or if you want to be so cutting-edge, contribute to a 'cloud' project. It's still computing, and you'd still be better off to work with something so well organised and put together as KDE.
And I bet there are even KDE/Cloud integration ideas (PIM syncing comes to mind). Did you look?
Just standing here and navel-gazing does not accomplish anything.