The Open Source Community

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2. High Priest of Open Source ❖ Delegate, SourceRoad 2017, SF.

   ❖ WONTFIX CABAL, GitHub HQ ❖ Aggressive Open Sourcerer

3. Community Evangelist ❖ forLoop Africa ❖ Laravel Nigeria ❖ Angular

   Nigeria

4. Google Developer Expert @unicodeveloper

5. “Open Source is the new sauce” - AceKyd

6. How to contribute to Open Source ❖ Find a project

   to contribute to. ❖ Look at the issues. ❖ Document your solutions and progression. ❖ Be willing to accept feedback ❖ Find mentors & teach others ❖ Join a community

7. Starting an Open Source Project ❖ Set a Goal ❖

   Contribute to Other Projects ❖ Choose a License ❖ Establish a code of conduct ❖ Name & brand your project

8. Spreading the word & Finding Users ❖ Social Media ❖

   Speak about it at meetups & Conferences ❖ Build a Reputation ❖ Create First timer issues. Help people get started easily.

9. “GitHub is your new Resume”

10. “If your code is popular enough to attract outside contributions,

    you will have created a force multiplier that helps you get more work done faster and cheaper” - Tom Preston-Werner

11. https://github.com/unicodeveloper/laravel-hackathon-starter

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15. “When it comes to hiring developers, I’ll take a GitHub

    commit log over a resume any day” - John Resig

16. What they think Open Source Comm. need? ❖ Only Developers

    ❖ Just Developers ❖ More Developers ❖ A battalion Of Developers

17. What Open Source Comm. really need! ❖ Developers ❖ Technical

    Writers ❖ Community Managers/Organizers ❖ Accountants ❖ Lawyers

18. The Open Source Community needs more hands!

19. How can you help? - The Open Source Comm. ❖

    More Developers/Engineers to squash bugs ❖ More Organizers ❖ More Advocates ❖ More Technical Writers ❖ Money - patreon.com, OpenCollective.org ❖ Love

20. “Thank you.”