Panel: Open Source Community in Hyderabad
summary
Panelists map concrete routes: meetups, CNCF Hyderabad and Hyderabad Python User Group run job streams and meetup hiring slots that regularly surface referrals; contributors report spent more than office hours to organize events and mentorship circles; examples include a contributor-to-core hire at Mattermost and career pivots from finance or mechanical engineering into data and cloud roles. Advice focuses on giving before taking, informal mentorship, using LinkedIn/X for followups, and that active organizers routinely turn community work into paid opportunities.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:51Networking in open source
- 10:50Mentorship in communities
- 13:52Leveraging communities for job opportunities
- 19:52Giving back to communities
- 21:15Hyderabad’s growth
- 24:10Closing & Q&A
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