How to build career with Open-Source
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Career Guidance (high-level notes from my talk with amazing students at NIT Silchar) 1. Open Source Contribution, it benefits, proven career opportunities it creates and how to get started. 2. How to choose a career, what are the common myths and how to decide without falling into trap of what others are doing/saying?
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- 1. Your Career and how Open-Source can shape and speed it NIT SILCHAR @TechGirlPooja MoEngage
- 3. Open Source: Why? • Collaborating with the amazing people worldwide • Opportunity to make an impact • Learning better and fast • Educating, give back to the community • Fun • Your portfolio = your CV Slide Courtesy @kernel_girl
- 4. Real stories who made great career with Open Source?
- 5. rtnpro.com
- 8. - Career upgrade - My say in product decision - http://github.com/moengage/alice Impact on my life
- 9. Internship Programs Google Summer Of Code • 3 months by Google • 100+ organisations • Eligibility: 18+ University Student • Runs once a year [summer] • Stipend: 2400$ • How to start: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.co Courtesy @kernel_girl
- 10. • 3 months by Software Freedom Conservancy • 15+ participating organisations • Eligibility: Underrepresented group in open source • Runs twice a year [summer and winter] • stipend: 5500$ + 500$ (conference travel reiembursement) • How to start: https://www.outreachy.org Internship Programs Outreachy Courtesy @kernel_girl
- 11. • 3 months • Eligibility: 18+ and women/LGBTQ • Runs once a year [summer] • stipend: based on location • How to start: https://railsgirlssummerofcode.org Internship Programs Rails Girls Summer Of Code Courtesy @kernel_girl
- 12. •1millionwomentotech •WomenWhoCode •PyLadies https://www.pyladies.com/ •Django girls, https://djangogirls.org/ •https://whatcanidoformozilla.org/ •https://dgplug.org/summertraining18/ What if I don’t get into GSOC Courtesy @rtnpro
- 13. Where shall I Start •Open source your project •Contribute in existing projects @TechGirlPooja
- 14. Ways to Contribute • Documentation • Bug finding • Bug fixing • Writing automated tests • Writing tutorials • Writing blogs • Translation • Localisation • Community involvement, helping others Read, Observe and find out what’s missing and where the project needs help @TechGirlPooja
- 15. • Mozilla • OpenStack • Linux Foundation Group • Fedora • TensorFlow • Kubernetes • Jenkins • Selenium • Polymer Some of the Inspiring Communities Not in that order @TechGirlPooja
- 16. • https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ • hackhills.in • https://openhatch.org/ Hack around @TechGirlPooja
- 17. •Learn a bit linux •Learn to use git •Join xxq chat IRC channels •Observe, discuss and show genuine interest in contribution, the awesome people find a way to get you good work in sometime Things to learn to make it easier @TechGirlPooja
- 18. What if I’m not as good coder as my batchmate Just try!
- 19. •https://sayanchowdhury.dgplug.org/how-to-get-started-with-open-source/ Curtesy: @yudocaa •https://jainkuniya.github.io/how-to-get-started-with-open-source/ Curtesy: @jainkuniya I want to know step by step
- 21. How to choose career Found yourself surrounded with these questions? • Many technologies, which one has more growth? • She is going for Data-Science, does it mean rest all other work are crap? • My idol has said, no! don’t go in testing, is he right? Even if I’m very smart at identifying odds and can become hacker and earn crazy? Before making decision based on your relative’s thoughts: Consider reading https://bit/ly/IndianHackerEarned2CroresFindingBugs @sehacure • Search for automated bots as you have possibilities to grow into an Automation Engineer.
- 22. How do I make a choice Find your passion Does it solve anyone’s problem? Acquire skills and go for it, no matter what others think Keep improving, celebrate progress Succeed and Inspire the world No Yes Keep it as hobby Try a couple of things Find a new problem
- 23. Surround yourself with better people Mantra Of Success @TechGirlPooja
- 24. Learn from Observing- To follow Not in that order @jackerhack Kiran Jonnalagadda @kushaldas Kushal Das @shakthimaan Shakti Kanan @rtnpro Ratnadeep Debanath @kernel_girl Vaishali Thakkar @hasgeek @anandology Anand Chitipothu @yudocaa Sayan Chowdhry @sehacure Anand Prakash @TechGirlPooja
- 25. Talk Credits •Ratnadeep Debnath •Vaishali Thakkar •Vishwesh JainKuniya •Open Source and Open Communities •Many more people who inspire me on my way to the valley of dreams turning reality.