TypeScript: From the Outside In

How did my hobby of working in open source for the last 10 years eventually lead to me working on TypeScript?

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1. TypeScript
   From the outside-in
   

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3. 1. Anyone can do this
   2. You can do it
   anywhere
   

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6. # OF
   PEOPLE
   

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8. ./orta
   

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17. READ-ONLY REFLECTION COSMETICS COVERING
    CONTRIBUTING COLLABORATING MENTORING ARCHITECTING
    Escalation of OSS Contributions
    

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18. Readonly
    STAGE 0
    

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19. CAREER: 0 YEARS
    

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20. STAGE 0 - READONLY
    How you are
    contributing to OSS?
    • YOU USE IT
    

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21. STAGE 0 - READONLY
    Next Steps
    • HELP BY SIGNAL BOOSTING THINGS
    WHICH YOU ENJOY
    

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22. Reflection
    STAGE 1
    

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23. CAREER: 1 YEAR
    

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28. STAGE 1 - REFLECTION
    How you are
    contributing to OSS?
    • YOU LET OTHERS KNOW THINGS EXIST
    • YOU HELP OTHERS TO WORK THROUGH ISSUES
    • GIVE TALKS
    

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29. STAGE 1 - REFLECTION
    Next Steps
    • DOCUMENTATION IMPROVEMENTS
    • FIX TYPOS
    • DO MORE REFLECTION
    

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30. Cosmetics
    STAGE 2
    

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31. CAREER: 2 YEARS
    

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32. CAREER: 3 YEARS
    

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33. STAGE 2 - COSMETICS
    How you are
    contributing to OSS?
    • HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND PROCESS SAFELY
    • MAKES LIFE EASIER FOR EVERYONE READIING
    

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34. STAGE 2 - COSMETICS
    Next Steps
    • START TO IMPROVE INLINE CODE DOCS
    • TRADE WRITING POSTS ABOUT DOCS, AND
    SEND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAIN REPO
    

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35. Covering
    STAGE 3
    

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36. TWO YEARS
    OF REACT NATIVE
    The start-up Art.sy aims to
    do for visual art what
    Pandora did for music:
    become a source of discovery,
    pleasure and education.”
    “
    CAREER: 3 YEARS
    

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37. TWO YEARS
    OF REACT NATIVE
    

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38. CAREER: 4 YEARS
    

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41. STAGE 3 - COVERING
    How you are
    contributing to OSS?
    • YOU HELP PEOPLE BY CLAIMING NON-CRITICAL
    AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
    • YOU BUILD SMALL LIBRARIES THAT FIX A WELL-
    SCOPED PROBLEM
    

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42. STAGE 3 - COVERING
    Next Steps
    • USE YOUR NEW VANTAGE POINT TO
    SEE FURTHER AHEAD
    • LOOK FOR GAPS IN THE ECOSYSTEM
    YOU’RE CONTRIBUTING TO
    

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43. Contributing
    STAGE 4
    

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44. CAREER: 4 YEARS
    

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46. STAGE 4 - CONTRIBUTING
    How you are
    contributing to OSS?
    • YOU BUILD YOUR OWN LIBRARIES THAT ARE NOT TRIVIAL
    • YOU SUPPORT IT OVER TIME, AND SHIP MULTIPLE RELEASES
    • YOU ACCEPT PRS, AND FIX ISSUES FOR OTHERS
    

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47. STAGE 4 - CONTRIBUTING
    Next Steps
    • LET PEOPLE KNOW YOUR CODE EXISTS
    • WORK WITH PEOPLE MAKING PRS
    • SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY OVER YEARS
    

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48. Collaborating
    STAGE 5
    

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49. CAREER: 5 YEARS
    

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53. STAGE 5 - COLLABORATING
    How you are
    contributing to OSS?
    • YOU UNDERSTAND THAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHERS
    PROJECTS CAN BE MORE VALUABLE THAN MAKING
    SOMETHING NEW YOURSELF
    • YOU TAKE THE TIME TO WORK ON LARGER PROJECTS
    BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE IMPACT
    

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54. STAGE 5 - COLLABORATING
    Next Steps
    • WORK ON MORE BIG PROJECTS
    • CONNECT PEOPLE
    • HELP LIFT OTHERS WHO LOOK INTERESTED
    

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55. Mentoring
    STAGE 6
    

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56. CAREER: 6 YEARS
    

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59. STAGE 6 - MENTORING
    How you are
    contributing to OSS?
    • YOU HELP OTHER PEOPLE WITH BIG IDEAS
    • PROVIDE ADVICE FROM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
    • GET TO ACT LIKE A WIZARD
    

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60. STAGE 6 - MENTORING
    Next Steps
    • YOU SHOULD NEVER STOP MENTORING
    • DISCOVER UNDER-APPECIATED PEOPLE
    

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61. Architecting
    STAGE 7
    

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62. CAREER: 10 YEARS
    

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67. STAGE 7 - ARCHITECTING
    How you are
    contributing to OSS?
    • YOU ARE ENTRUSTED TO BE IN CORE DEV CHATROOMS
    • YOU PURSUADE OTHERS VIA RFCS, ISSUES AND CHAT
    BUT DON’T NECESSARILY DO THE WORK
    • YOU JOIN WORKING GROUPS
    

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68. STAGE 7 - ARCHITECTING
    Next Steps
    • I DUNNO, YOU GO WORK ON PROJECTS
    WHICH ARE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
    SCALE?
    

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69. STAGE 7 - ARCHITECTING
    

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70. There might
    not be next
    steps
    

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71. Tt
    Doing OSS
    is a skill
    

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72. Tt
    Skills
    take time
    

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73. Tt
    You can
    do this
    

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74. Tt
    Slowly
    escalate
    

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75. Tt
    You don’t
    have to go
    all the way
    

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76. @orta
    

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