Conquering The Fear of Contributing to Open Source
Doing something for the first time can be SCARY! In this video we take a look at a post that caught my interest on Twitter.
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Rizel Scarlett on Twitter: "It's FINALLY my first day at @GitHub. I spent the month of August exploring open source and encouraging others to do the same. Read about why I was initially nervous to contribute to open source and how I overcame that fear: https://t.co/aHKwPKt95a" / Twitter / 1435232903844319240
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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Rizel Scarlett's Tweet
00:39 Conquering The Fear of Contributing to Open Source
01:13 benefits of doing open source
02:19 First timers Only
02:40 Some questions and my answers
02:44 Which repo should I contribute to?
03:39 Which issue should I pick up?
03:54 What is this issue even asking?
04:03 How exactly do I assign myself the ticket?
04:11 Is this project even still maintained?
04:38 What if the community is discouraging?
05:39 Would they laugh at my pull request?
06:31 Giving unsolicited feedback
06:58 Is this documentation outdated?
07:10 Is this project underdocumented?
07:25 Why can’t I push my branch to the repository?
08:12 How do I talk to a member of this project’s community to learn more?
08:40 Overcoming shyness
09:28 Things preventing more people from contributing to open source
11:25 Rizel's first experience contributing to open source
12:56 The Process
13:19 The issue
13:39 The pull request
14:09 The feature
14:17 The feedback
14:46 The mistakes Rizel made
19:07 Outro
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