So You Want to Contribute to Open Source: ...
summary
Concrete signals and actions decide: look for check for "good first issue" tags and read issue and PR history to see response time and accepted contributions, prefer projects where work matches existing skills (ports, tests, packaging like Omnibus/Bento/Artifactory/Jenkins), treat documentation generators and typo fixes cautiously, follow project conventions (tests, commit style) and avoid taking on emotional work, expect ramp‑up time, consider a small personal project as an interview artifact, and avoid overcommitting.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:21Why this talk
- 2:58Things to consider before starting
- 3:35Online identity
- 5:40Personal projects
- 7:47Myth of open source community
- 8:40What is community
- 9:39How do I pick a project
- 10:02Volunteer work
- 10:49Interesting topics
- 12:26Seeking interesting open source work
- 14:41Fixing documentation or typos
- 16:55Open secret of open source
- 17:54Schedule and time commitments
- 18:49How to find the time
- 21:55What are the people like
- 22:46Closing
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