Breaking into OSS as a Mother in Tech
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Chronicles breaking into open source as a mother by upskilling in Python and data science, building several projects including Python NLP sentiment models, then landing selected from 200+ applicants for an AsyncAPI + Google Season of Docs internship where actual work is writing and restructuring docs, applying technical feedback, and creating engineering diagrams with Mermaid-style tools; internship succeeds, yields mentorship and recommendations; cites 200+ applicant pool, six interns chosen, claims ~50% of women report hiring discrimination and urges funded mentoring programs and bias-free hiring.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Breaking into OSS as mother
- 1:05From hospitality to tech
- 3:38Upskilling with online courses
- 7:10Internship challenges
- 12:41Finding hope with Google Season of Docs
- 15:55Breaking into OSS with GSoD
- 19:11Supporting mothers in OSS
- 23:46Conclusion
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