Abstract
I worked 503 days full-time on a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) project, so what did I learn?
Description
In this talk I will share the main lessons I learned after working full-time on a FOSS project for 503 days. These lessons will revolve around four main points:
- how to get a tech job in this day & age
- how to put your ego aside when working with others (who know more than you!) and how to deal with mistakes
- how to interact with users & contributors online
- how it feels to collaborate to a large codebase
With contributors and “wanna-be” contributors in mind, this talk will shed some light on how the FOSS world works and what you can expect when you’re trying to contribute to a FOSS project that you like.
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