Making your voice heard: Open Source Needs You

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Explains concrete first steps: use GitHub issues and CONTRIBUTING.md, look for labels like first-timers-only or help-wanted, join Slack/IRC for clarifications, and file tiny PRs (first PR dated Oct 28 2013 on a hello-worlds repo). Describes non-code contributions—documentation, UX, translation, marketing—and gives a real outcome: contributing contribution guidelines that get merged and ported across projects and running a funded program Rails Girls Summer of Code to pay contributors for three months.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:24Open source is at the centre of the tech industry. even when it's invisible.
3. 2:36Why is the idea of contributing to Open Source software so scary?
4. 3:09Open Source is volunteer work
5. 4:09You are good enough
6. 5:07Different types of contributions
7. 5:30Open Source is design.
8. 5:41Open Source is community
9. 5:55Open Source is documentation
10. 6:05The path to your first contribution
11. 6:19Find a project with a welcoming community
12. 7:31Use the power of GitHub labels
13. 8:59Your first significant project
14. 10:27Contribute to tools or projects you use
15. 11:07Look for projects that can use your skills or knowledge
16. 12:20Choosing which project to contribute to is like deciding which organisation you want to do volunteer work for.
17. 13:11Does my work make a difference?
18. 13:28Do I like the community?
19. 14:01Is there work available for me to do?
20. 14:25Choosing and working on your issue
21. 14:39The issue tracker is a good place to start
22. 14:51Start with CONTRIBUTING.md
23. 16:06Don't hesitate to ask questions
24. 16:36Be respectful of other people's time
25. 16:52Don't do any work you don't want to do
26. 17:15Start your own project
27. 17:36Summary
28. 18:19Software is as much about people as it is about code

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