Getting more women (and people) into Open Source

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01 Getting more women into open source Rebecca Miller-Webster @rmillerwebster github.com/rmw

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Open source is awesome ✤ New solutions and perspectives! ✤ Sharing, collaboration & peer review! ✤ Exponential impact - multiplies knowledge, effort, inspiration, & creativity

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01 4 https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/collegelibrary/8622645192/ Most open source projects look like this

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Open Source is like being an adult it’s magical until you realize no one knows what the hell they're doing - Zach Holman http://zachholman.com/talk/open-source-misfeasance/

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Why are you here today?

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Why haven’t you contributed to open source?

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01 Impostor Syndrome Photo: http://elephantwendigo.deviantart.com/art/Hunted-197538783! CC http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

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Have you ever thought … “Oh crap!! Everyone is going to realize I have no idea what I’m doing.”

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Do you feel like a fraud because … ✤ didn’t start coding when you were 12! ✤ don’t work on side projects for “fun”

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How many of you … considered not coming today because you weren’t sure if you were good/smart/knowledgable enough?

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01 Impostor Syndrome Photo: http://elephantwendigo.deviantart.com/art/Hunted-197538783! CC http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

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Impostor syndrome “is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of their competence, those with 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.” – Wikipedia

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hold yourself back work too hard Burnout! Isolation! Failure! Stress Self-fulfilling

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01 Tech is communal ✤ Teams, Pairing! ✤ FLOSS! ✤ Stack Overﬂow! ✤ Conferences ! ✤ Books & blogs Everyone is held back

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Imposter Shimposter

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“I’ve realized almost everyone is a fraud so I try not to feel bad about it.” –Tina Fey

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Open Source defeats Impostor Syndrome! ✤ Share ! ✤ Help others! ✤ Look at the data! ✤ If not you, who?

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Help others ✤ Teach things you know! ✤ Ask the ﬁrst question so someone else doesn’t have to! ✤ Connect with others! ✤ Use your values to ﬁnd focus & purpose

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Look at the data ✤ positive feedback! ✤ measurable progress! ✤ accomplishments Record

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Make lists! ✤ What can you teach?! ✤ What do you want to learn?! ✤ What have you accomplished?! ✤ What do you know?! ✤ What have you done?

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What do you know? ✤ Languages (HTML, Java etc)! ✤ Frameworks (Django, Rspec, CakePHP)! ✤ Tools (make, rake, WordPress)! ✤ Documentation, Testing, Team, Project Management List

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What have you done? ✤ Jobs! ✤ Internships, volunteering, organizations! ✤ Schools! ✤ Projects (work or personal) List

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Project Technologies! used in project General! Technologies

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✤ Use the tools you have! ✤ Invert the “negatives”! ✤ Give credit to personal experience

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Fake it ’til you make it. Power! Pose

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Just do it!

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Create a project

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✤ chrome extension! ✤ scratch your itch! ✤ teach! ✤ learn! ✤ open data! ✤ productivity tool

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Contribute

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Where do I look? ✤ Tools you use!! ✤ github.com/Explore! ✤ CodeMontage! ✤ OpenHatch! ✤ Use your values, knowledge, and experience to choose

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What should I look for? ✤ documentation on contributing, setting up and running! ✤ tests and test coverage! ✤ community — google groups, IRC, forums! ✤ labelled issues

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How can I contribute? ✤ Listen to mailing list & look at issues! ✤ Reach out to maintainer and ask for suggestions! ✤ Install, run, and test and improve documentation as a result! ✤ QA pull requests, on different browsers/OS/devices

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Contribute Code ✤ QA bugs - add bug report to issue or close if ﬁxed! ✤ Test beta versions! ✤ Fix bugs ! ✤ Write a test! ✤ Deal with Dependencies - silence warnings, upgrade versions, etc

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Contribute Documentation ✤ Update install, run, test documentation ! ✤ Write an example or tutorial for documentation! ✤ Write documentation for areas where it doesn’t exist (hint: check the tests!)! ✤ Make it pretty! Documentation or website (hint: check out Github Pages)

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Outside the box contributions ✤ Marketing - twitter, social media, get people to write blogs! ✤ Design - the website, logo! ✤ Share - answer questions on SO, write a blog post or give a talk on project

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✤ Own your expertise! ✤ Leap with a safety net! ✤ Create your answer! ✤ Fake it til you become it

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01 You can do it! Rebecca Miller-Webster @rmillerwebster github.com/rmw