From Teacher to OSPO Technologist
Talkat Open Source Summit North America 2022 · on Friday, 2022-06-24· at 14:50· Room 301/302 (Level 3), JW Marriott Austin, 110 E 2nd Street Austin, TX 78701·
summary
Career pivot from classroom to corporate open source program office shows concrete outcomes: a classroom program that raises state test scores 55% increase in state test scores and science mastery 75% increase in science scores, a grant of 100 iPads that sparks edtech leadership, and a building effort on the CHIME COVID hospital epidemiology tracking app that helps lower Philly’s curve. Now managing an OSPO at a financial firm, running contributions workflows, coding daily, creating a tech fellowship for nonprofit resumes, and shipping projects that actually get used.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:01About Brittany
- 2:40Brittanys Past Experience
- 6:07Jumping Off The Cliff
- 8:05Open Source
- 10:00Navigating Open Source
- 10:18Be Organized
- 11:41Lesson Plans to Program Plans
- 12:36Working with Stakeholders
- 13:04Public Speaking
- 14:53Life Lessons
- 15:38Giving Back
- 18:43Mentors
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