Keynote: Lukas Blakk
summary
Mozilla funds two pilot cohorts of 40 people total for a 6-week accelerator that pays participants a daily honorarium and provides transit, childcare, a laptop and meals. Curriculum teaches writing QA tests in JavaScript, automating them with a Python framework, building and modifying Firefox, code review, bug trackers and public blogging. Goal is each participant makes at least one significant technical contribution and graduates into paid internships or entry-level work.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:40Trustfall
- 2:19Ascend Project
- 3:26Who am I
- 5:44How I got into Open Source
- 7:37stereotype of the average contributor
- 8:45what happens to an open source project
- 9:49Explicit invitations
- 10:26Removing barriers
- 11:49Trust
- 12:53Help
- 14:53Create a right place
- 15:17What will they come out with
- 16:30What ascenders need
- 18:31Extra work
- 18:59Thank talk
- 20:03Software Carpentry
- 21:44Technical Skills
- 24:11Target Cities
- 25:09Objections
- 26:52Childcare
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