Introducing new generations to Open Source

How to make young devs contribute to open source? How to find talent for your company? How to help underrepresented groups to start a professional path on programming?

Can we tackle all of these at the same time?
R: Yes, and here's how:

In this talk I’ll share my experience as mentor in the Rails Girls Summer of Code program and how these girls, with the proper training and motivation, passed from novice enthusiastic to junior developers working on a real protect in less than a year.

Talk given at FISL 17 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
http://fisl.org.br

Transcript

1. @FerPeralesM #FISL17
   INTRODUCING NEW
   GENERATIONS TO OPEN
   SOURCE
   Fernando Perales
   

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   FERNANDO
   PERALES
   

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   FERNANDO
   PERALES
   

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   FER
   PERALES
   

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   FLOSS ADVOCATE
   PASSIONATE ABOUT WEB DEVELOPMENT
   PUBLIC SPEAKER IN FORMATION
   ELECTRIC BASS STUDENT
   HEAVY METAL, BEER, TWITTER, RUBY,
   GREGORY SALLUST
   

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   @FerPeralesM #FISL17
   Before there was James Bond, there
   was Gregory Sallust.
   

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   @FerPeralesM #FISL17
   Before there was James Bond, there
   was Gregory Sallust.
   -Tina Rosenberg
   

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   GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
   

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    GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
    AND
    PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL
    ARE

    SISTER CITIES
    

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    SOFTWARE ENGINEER
    MAGMALABS
    

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    Psst! We are hiring
    careers.magmalabs.io
    SOFTWARE ENGINEER
    MAGMALABS
    

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    EVERY 3RD THURSDAY
    MONTHLY
    

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    RUBYGDL.ORG
    

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    GITHUB.COM/RAILSBRIDGEMX
    

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    BEFORE WE GET
    STARTED
    

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    DISCLAIMER
    http://www.instructables.com/files/orig/FDW/E08N/GINORMM2/FDWE08NGINORMM2.png
    

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    THIS IS NOT A TALK ABOUT
    PROGRAMMING; IS ABOUT
    PEOPLE WHO PROGRAM
    

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    BUT, IF YOU ARE NOT A
    PROGRAMMER, THIS TALK IS
    ALSO FOR YOU
    
    

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    LET’S START
    

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    INTRODUCING NEW GENERATIONS
    TO OPEN SOURCE
    

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    INTRODUCING NEW GENERATIONS
    TO OPEN SOURCE
    

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    INTRODUCING NEW GENERATIONS
    TO FREE SOFTWARE
    

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    INTRODUCING NEW GENERATIONS
    TO FREE SOFTWARE
    

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    INTRODUCING NEW GENERATIONS
    TO FLOSS
    

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    ¿FLOSS?
    

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    Floss is a cord of thin filaments used
    to remove food and dental plaque
    from between teeth in areas a
    toothbrush is unable to reach.
    -Wikipedia
    

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    DENTAL
    FLOSS
    

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    DENTAL
    FLOSS
    

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    FREE/LIBRE AND OPEN-
    SOURCE SOFTWARE
    

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    FREE/LIBRE SOFTWARE
    + 

    OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
    

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    THREE QUESTIONS:
    

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    HOW TO MAKE YOUNG
    DEVS CONTRIBUTE TO
    OPEN SOURCE?
    

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    HOW TO FIND TALENT
    FOR YOUR COMPANY?
    

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    HOW TO HELP
    UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS
    TO START A PROFESSIONAL
    PATH ON PROGRAMMING?
    

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    WHAT WE DID:
    

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    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/000/662/66207.adapt.768.1.jpg
    

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    2015
    

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    COLIMA, MÉXICO
    

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    César Cantú
    

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    @ANYMOTO
    

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    Sandra Karen
    

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    WHAT WE LEARNED
    

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    HOW TO MAKE YOUNG
    DEVS CONTRIBUTE TO
    OPEN SOURCE?
    

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    MENTORING
    

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    BEING A MENTOR
    ROCKS
    
    

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    TRUST
    

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    HOW TO FIND TALENT
    FOR YOUR COMPANY?
    

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    SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL
    COMMUNITIES
    

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    FOSTER TALENT >
    ACQUIRE TALENT
    

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    HOW TO HELP
    UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS
    TO START A PROFESSIONAL
    PATH ON PROGRAMMING?
    

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    INVEST TIME, MONEY
    AND HUMAN RESOURCES
    

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    CREATE A GOOD JOB
    ENVIRONMENT
    

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    SOME INITIATIVES
    

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    RAILSGIRLSSUMMEROFCODE.ORG
    

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    OUTREACHY.ORG
    

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     TECHNOVATIONCHALLENGE.ORG
     

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     YOUR FIRST
     PULL REQUEST
     

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     YOURFIRSTPR.GITHUB.IO
     

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     CODETRIAGE.COM
     

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     "Give a man a fish and you feed him
     for a day; teach a man to fish and you
     feed him for a lifetime."
     -Bob Marley [citation needed]
     

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     https://thegoodnewsherald.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/but-wait-logo.jpg
     

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     I’M NOT A
     PROGRAMMER,
     CAN I STILL HELP?
     

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     YES!
     

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     USE THE PRODUCT
     

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     TRANSLATIONS
     

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     DOCUMENTATION
     

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     DESIGN
     

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     SOCIAL NETWORKS
     

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     REPRODUCE
     REPORTED
     BUGS
     

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     TESTING
     

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     EVANGELISM
     

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     DONATIONS
     

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     @FerPeralesM #FISL17
     FLOSS goes beyond code and
     computers: it works thanks to the
     efforts of thousands of people who
     believe that, through software and
     collaboration, can make this world a
     better place for everybody.
     

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120. “
     @FerPeralesM #FISL17
     FLOSS goes beyond code and
     computers: it works thanks to the
     efforts of thousands of people who
     believe that, through software and
     collaboration, can make this world a
     better place for everybody.
     -Fer Perales
     

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     QUESTIONS?
     

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     THANK YOU!
     HI@FERPERALES.NET
     

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