FROM NO OSS EXPERIENCE
TO THE CORE TEAM
IN 15 MINUTES PER DAY
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André Arko
@indirect
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The Ruby Way
therubyway.io
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how to start
contributing to open source
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what exactly is
contributing to open source
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you
are experienced enough
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“real programmers”
do not exist
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GitHub is not
your resume
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what are
your goals?
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your time
is your own
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what even is
contributing
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benefits!
there are some
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should you
do this thing?
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can you work
for free?
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making money
is a valid choice
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open source means
losing control of your work
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choose a license
carefully
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we made it!
here’s the plan
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1. wtf
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2. answer questions
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3. help with issues
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4. reproduce bugs
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5. writing patches
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6. improve everything
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7. you’re doing it!
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8. now you’re in charge
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what did we learn?
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thanks for listening!
(also thanks to @ashedryden @mountain_ghosts for writing about
these topics previously, and @sailorhg for many ideas in this talk)