Trisha Gee discusses her experiences as a contributor to open source, emphasizing both the benefits, such as community engagement and skill development, and the challenges, including communication difficulties and time investments in contributors. She shares her personal journey balancing open source projects with corporate involvement and highlights the tension between open code accessibility and company secrets. The document invites questions and further discussion on the topic.

1. Working in Open
Source
Trisha Gee
Contributor to Morphia
Maintainer of MongoDB Java Driver
@trisha_gee

2. Java & Open Source

3. The Good
• Easy to Evangelise
• Users drive the product
• Community feels more involved
• Learn different communication skills

4. The Bad
• Community feels more involved
• Investing in contributors takes a lot of time
• People can see your code
• Communication is hard!

5. My Personal Experience
+ Showcasing my code
+ Working for a tech company
+ Working with other language experts
+ Remote working
+ Opportunities for coaching and learning

6. My Personal Experience
- Don’t think our project is open source mindset
- People use your code
- Tension between open code and company
internals

7. @trisha_gee
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