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The Open Source Effect

Session details
Status: 
Accepted
Speaker(s): 
Benjamin Muskalla (GitHub)
Experience level: 
Beginner
Tags: 
opensource career growth
Session Track: 
The Open Source Way
Session Type: 
Standard

Have you ever wondered why there are so many rock star developers working on open source projects? Wondered why it is usually not a single developer but multiple great engineers working on a project together? Is it maybe that they have more time on their hands than others? Or is it maybe, just maybe, that those people became better engineers because they started contributing to open source? In this talk, I’ll share some lessons learned from contributing to open source, the people I’ve met, worked with and most importantly, learned from. We’ll gain some insight into the work of some of my fellow engineers that I met along the way and how open source had a significant impact on their careers. We’ll also put ourselves into the position of an open source maintainer to learn about contributions which, though they may not be obvious, play a vital role in the trajectory of an open-source project.

Together we’ll figure out how open source can help you grow as a software engineer - one contribution at a time.

Objective of the presentation: 
I believe a lot of engineers underestimate the impact of open source can have on their career. Especially now, in times of remote work and the job market being "so hot", it's important to have a key differentiator. I'll show some insights into the lives of known open source contributors that work at high-profile companies nowadays and how simple steps in open source helped them into those jobs.
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Schedule info
Time: 
25 Oct 2022 - 11:45 to 25 Oct 2022 - 12:20
Room: 
Seminarräume 1 - 3
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