Open Source Isn't for Everyone (but it could be)

@ashedryden open source isn’t for everyone (but it could be)

@ashedryden father husband monad @ashedryden At the intersection of tech
and culture, ending programmer apocrypha. Patron Saint of Catmoms.

@ashedryden

@ashedryden people: the hardest problem in computer science

@ashedryden oss now

@ashedryden 1.5% of contributors are women

@ashedryden ???% of contributors are people of color, LGBTQ, etc

@ashedryden why so low?

@ashedryden time

@ashedryden pay inequality

@ashedryden few compensated for OSS

@ashedryden poor treatment

@ashedryden “Mostly I fear the excessive spotlight for being a
sole female programmer on a publicly available project. In light of how women are treated on the internet, this fear does not seem unreasonable.”

@ashedryden what can i do?

@ashedryden make it obvious

@ashedryden bit.ly/mm-contrib

@ashedryden make it easy

@ashedryden be vulnerable

@ashedryden https://twitter.com/helenhousandi/status/426846717464817665

@ashedryden be patient

@ashedryden “before I respond to an issue, I check their
github profile to see their level of understanding.”

@ashedryden be helpful

@ashedryden “even nice, smart people do unhelpful things.” @li3n3

@ashedryden https://twitter.com/chmouel/status/431178123649249280

@ashedryden make it safe

@ashedryden pay for it

@ashedryden volunteer

@ashedryden resources The Ethics of Unpaid Labor + OSS bit.ly/oss-ethics
Middleman contributor.md bit.ly/mm-contrib Bundler Code of Conduct bundler.io/conduct.html Contributor Covenant github.com/Bantik/contributor_covenant

@ashedryden thanks! @ashedryden

Open Source Isn't for Everyone (but it could be)

Open Source Isn't for Everyone (but it could be)

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@ashedryden open source isn’t for everyone (but it could be)

@ashedryden father husband monad @ashedryden At the intersection of tech

@ashedryden

@ashedryden people: the hardest problem in computer science

@ashedryden oss now

@ashedryden 1.5% of contributors are women

@ashedryden ???% of contributors are people of color, LGBTQ, etc

@ashedryden why so low?

@ashedryden time

@ashedryden pay inequality

@ashedryden few compensated for OSS

@ashedryden poor treatment

@ashedryden “Mostly I fear the excessive spotlight for being a

@ashedryden what can i do?

@ashedryden make it obvious

@ashedryden bit.ly/mm-contrib

@ashedryden make it easy

@ashedryden be vulnerable

@ashedryden https://twitter.com/helenhousandi/status/426846717464817665

@ashedryden be patient

@ashedryden “before I respond to an issue, I check their

@ashedryden be helpful

@ashedryden “even nice, smart people do unhelpful things.” @li3n3

@ashedryden https://twitter.com/chmouel/status/431178123649249280

@ashedryden make it safe

@ashedryden pay for it

@ashedryden volunteer

@ashedryden resources The Ethics of Unpaid Labor + OSS bit.ly/oss-ethics

@ashedryden thanks! @ashedryden