Contributing to Your Career

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Contributing YOUR CAREER ! to

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 “How has open source impacted your career?”

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 “I would not be a software engineer today if it weren't for open source.” “I believe my career opportunities have come from my contributions to open source with my interests and skills being public.” “Open source has expanded my network in a way I could not have done on my own.”

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 “Without free software, almost everything I've achieved in my adult life would have been impossible.” –MATTHEW GARRET // CORE OS DEVELOPER

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 the value of CONTRIBUTING becoming a CONTRIBUTOR building a REPUTATION

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 the value of CONTRIBUTING ! #

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 AIRBNB. AMAZON. AMD. APPLE. AUTODESK. BLOOMBERG. BOSCH. BOX. BROADCOM. CAPITAL ONE. CISCO. CITRIX. COMCAST. CRAIGSLIST. DELLEMC. DISNEY. DROPBOX. EBAY. FACEBOOK. FORD. FUJITSU. GE. GITHUB. GOLDMAN SACHS. GOOGLE. GUARDIAN. HOME DEPOT. HONDA. HP. IBM. INTEL. J.P. MORGAN. JOHN DEERE. LENOVO. LG. MAZDA. MICROSOFT. NEC. NETFLIX. NIKE. NISSAN. NOKIA. NVIDIA. ORACLE. PANASONIC. PAYPAL. PINTEREST. QUALCOMM. RACKSPACE. REDHAT. SALESFORCE. SAMSUNG. SAP. SEMANTEC. SONY. SQUARE. STRIPE. TMOBILE. TARGET. TOSHIBA. TOYOTA. TWITTER. VMWARE. WALMART. WESTERN DIGITAL. YAHOO.

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Closed Source Components Every company is becoming a software company. Every software company uses open source. Open Source Components

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 “It’s the ultimate referral.” –CHRIS DIBONA GOOGLE

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 of hiring managers Source: 2016 Open Source Jobs Report 87% SAY IT’S HARD TO FIND OPEN SOURCE TALENT

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 secret patented formula to GETTING ANY JOB YOU WANT: 1. Learn skills and gain experience using those skills 2. Create public artifacts that demonstrate those skills 3. Make connections with people that need those skills

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 open source is a great way to gain experience, build a reputation, and make connections.

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 becoming a CONTRIBUTOR ! #

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.” –STEVE JOBS

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 open source is made by PEOPLE LIKE YOU

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 It’s okay to BE NEW ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 IMPOSTER SYNDROME Despite external evidence of their competence, those exhibiting the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. Proof of success is dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent and competent than they believe themselves to be.

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 points of entry… 1. find a BUG that you have the skills to fix 2. find a PROJECT that is welcoming to newcomers 3. pick a PROJECT that you already use

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 contributing PROJECT $ THAT YOU ALREADY USE to a

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 % & ! ' ( PASSIVE USER ACTIVE USER CONTRIBUTOR ) * + , - . /

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Think about the latest project you worked on… What open source projects did it depend on?

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 $ npm list [email protected] /Users/brandon/github/probot !"# [email protected] $ %"" [email protected] !"# [email protected] $ !"# [email protected] $ $ %"" [email protected] $ !"# [email protected] $ $ %"" [email protected] $ !"# [email protected] $ $ !"" [email protected] $ $ !"" [email protected] …

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 $ bundle list Gems included by the bundle: * actionpack (5.0.0.1) * actionview (5.0.0.1) * activesupport (5.0.0.1) * ast (2.3.0) * builder (3.2.2) * bundler (1.12.5) * coderay (1.1.1) * concurrent-ruby (1.0.2) * diff-lcs (1.2.5) * dotenv (2.1.1) …

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Which of those projects did you run into friction with? Which projects do you like and plan to use again?

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Browse the Code Read the documentation Browse open issues Review open pull requests Give feedback on feature discussions 0 ! 1 - becoming an active user… (

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 github/linguist FOR EXAMPLE:

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Solving your own problems builds skills and experience.

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 “I got my first real web job because I learned a small open source CMS the agency happened to use. I got my next big job due to Drupal experience.”

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 building a REPUTATION %

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 CREATE public ARTIFACTS

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 “How can I create an artifact from this work?” Ask yourself:

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 “The biggest barrier was to put everything I did, as imperfect or broken as it was, on GitHub.” –KATRINA OWEN // GITHUB

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 open source is MORE THAN CODE

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Code Design Speaking Events Reporting Issues Documentation 0 % 2 - ( 3 # 4 IMPLEMENTATION Other ways to contribute… SUPPORT ADVOCACY Community Management Mentoring USER EXPERIENCE

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 blog

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Your online persona is your resumé.

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Contributing to YOUR CAREER !

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Contributing to open source may not bring you fame or riches, but it will bring you experience, opportunity, and fulfillment.

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 Your job is to build a cage that can catch luck as it flies by. –JESSICA ABLE jessicaabel.com/2016/07/02/strategy-and-luck/

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 P atchwork Tomorrow @ 3:30pm — Room 301B AN INTRODUCTION TO GIT & GITHUB 5

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 mentorship + + # $ $

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 github.com/github/mentorships

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 " Thanks! @bkeepers

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" @bkeepers #ATO2106 welcoming to new contributors • https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners • https://www.codemontage.com/projects • https://www.codetriage.com/