Mike McQuaid – Effective Open Source Interactions (Turing Fest 2017)

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1. Effective Open Source Interactions ! 📣 🛠 @MikeMcQuaid
2. Mike McQuaid Maintainer (2009-17) twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid
3. ! Mike McQuaid Senior Engineer (2013-17) github.com/MikeMcQuaid
4. ! groups 🔽 funnel ☝ upsell 🙋 helping
5. groups !
6. how are they interacting with a project?
7. users !
8. users want 💰 high quality 🏗 no v2.0 😶 working quietly
9. contributors 📣
10. contributors want 🍴 good resources ⏱ timely review 🤗 earned praise
11. maintainers 🛠
12. maintainers want 🚳 no bike shedding 🔏 private chat 🌳 more help
13. funnel 🔽
14. no-one ever became a contributor without being a user first
15. no-one ever became a maintainer without being a user
16. no-one excels as a maintainer without remaining a user
17. leads prospects sales
18. users contributors maintainers
19. upsell ☝
20. most maintainers were talked into it
24. docs.brew.sh/How-To-Open-a-Homebrew-Pull-Request.html
25. docs.brew.sh/New-Maintainer-Checklist.html
26. helping 🙋
27. users should 📔 have sensible expectations 👊 help how they can 🕐 prioritise maintainers time
28. contributors should 🗒 follow project guidelines 👉 defer to maintainers 🚴 go outside comfort zone
29. maintainers should 🌞 self-care to avoid burnout 📈 act as a force multiplier 👥 focus on 90% of users
30. 📚 https://opensource.guide
31. ! groups 🔽 funnel ☝ upsell 🙋 helping
32. Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid