Felipe Vogel, 2024/05/09
Mentor and Contributor
How to Be an
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Backstory
an Exercism student
• Spring 2020: I was a teacher 👨🏫
• Summer 2020: I was learning to code 🐣
• Fall 2020: I knew Ruby… theoretically 🤔
• Later in the fall: I
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nished Exercism’s Ruby track 🥷
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Fast forward 3 years
How do I contribute to Exercism? 🧐
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Here’s what I learned…
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1. Claim an exercise
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2. Implement it
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3. Mentor a student
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4. Learn from the student
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Student’s solution
My solution, v1
My solution, v2
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How to get involved
• Try it out! Learn a new language on Exercism.
• Mentor. Help others learn your favorite language.
• Open a PR. Add an exercise or improve the Exercism website.
• Donate. Exercism is 100% community-funded.
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Questions? Get in touch!
linktr.ee/fpsvogel (my LinkedIn, Mastodon, etc.)
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