Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Contributor to OpenStack Subproject Lead Kubernetes Cloud Provider Openstack Internal Projects related to OpenStack
Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Contributor to OpenStack Subproject Lead Kubernetes Cloud Provider Openstack Kubernetes SIG Node Internal Projects related to OpenStack
Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Contributor to OpenStack Subproject Lead Kubernetes Cloud Provider Openstack Kubernetes SIG Node containerd Internal Projects related to OpenStack
Containerd Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware I would just say to work in open source, patience and consistency is the key. Start with small things, but be consistent over the time things will start coming your way. In the end you will be on the top of technologies with lots of new friends :)
Shadow v1.23, v1.24 LFX internship SIG Network Gateway API Docs Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat
Shadow v1.23, v1.24 v1.28 CI Signal Lead LFX internship SIG Network Gateway API Docs Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat Shadow in v1.26, v1.27
Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat Contributing works slowly and gradually [...] It will definitely take you to immense heights in the community and apart from that too; it will open up many doors for you, getting one after the other good things on your plate.
Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year! Kubernetes on Edge at VMware Cluster API Maintainer Cluster API Provider for AWS Develop Edge Applications on OpenStack
Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year! Kubernetes on Edge at VMware Cluster API Maintainer Cluster API Provider for AWS LFX Mentor Cluster API Providers AWS, vSphere Develop Edge Applications on OpenStack
Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Work experience enables development of projects but “open source contributions enable your development”. [...] even if you are already contributing to open source, you still should be “hungry” to learn more [...]
Journey Contributor Experience to Kubernetes Release Find your SIG of interest (this is crucial!), get in connection with respective SIG maintainers, keep helping through small contributions, keep learning and be consistent.
Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer Typos and small fixes Brigade Hindi docs maintainer Introduced to Dapr internally Full-time maintainer for Dapr Used OSS projects Attended meetups
Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer I found it very hard to spend time outside of my day job to make meaningful contributions to any open-source project and get involved. Joining the Dapr role at Microsoft helped me get into FOSS, for now I could make contributions as part of my day job.
to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Contributor to Flatcar Added features to Locksmith LFX Mentee Cluster API Provider for GCP Student GPU Support
to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Contribute to Flatcar Added features to Locksmith LFX Mentee Cluster API Provider for GCP CAPI Release Team CI Signal, Bug Triage, Automation Manager Student GPU Support
to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Contributor to Flatcar Added features to Locksmith LFX Mentee Cluster API Provider for GCP CAPI Release Team CI Signal, Bug Triage, Automation Manager Maintainer Cluster API Provider Hetzner & Hivelocity Student GPU Support
to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Embrace community involvement, even if you feel you lack deep project knowledge. Open-source communities welcome contributors at all levels. Dive in, gain hands-on experience, and learn from others to gradually understand the project better. Your enthusiasm and willingness to contribute are highly valued.
The Docs Leader Kubernetes Release Team SIG Docs chair Kubernetes and LitmusChaos CNCF Ambassador Systems Engineer Docs & Comms 1.22 Release Lead Shadow
The Docs Leader Kubernetes Release Team SIG Docs chair Kubernetes and LitmusChaos CNCF Ambassador Systems Engineer Docs & Comms 1.22 Release Lead Shadow KCNA certification co-creator
The Docs Leader Kubernetes Release Team SIG Docs chair Kubernetes and LitmusChaos CNCF Ambassador Systems Engineer Docs & Comms 1.22 Release Lead Shadow KCNA certification co-creator Program Committee KubeCon Co-chair Cloud Native Wasm Day
The Docs Leader Most of these opportunities do not require me to write code (although knowing how to is a plus). I hope that, with time, people realize that it’s not always necessary to be a “coder” to contribute to open source.
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