What Does a Successful OSS Career Look Like?
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Margarita shares lessons from over 20 years working in technology and open source, including roles as individual contributor and manager at both large tech companies and startups. The talk outlines different ways to build a full-time career in open source software and describes practical successes and challenges she encountered along the way.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:0724 years in tech
- 12:19Defining OSS success
- 16:11OSS career examples
- 27:34Planning OSS career
- 31:44Summary
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