OpenInfra Live Episode 10: How to Start Contributing Upstream to OpenInfra
Channel: OpenInfra Foundation
Date: 2021-06-17

Curious about how to start contributing upstream? 

Kendall Nelson (OpenInfra Upstream Developer Advocate), Victoria Martinez de la Cruz (OpenStack contributor who joined the community through the Outreachy internship program) will be joined by Archana Kumari (current Outreachy intern), Ashley Rodriguez (masters student at Boston University), Fatema Sherif (former Outreachy intern), and Dawson Coleman (NDSU graduate). 

The group will discuss internships, mentoring, and how you can get started contributing upstream to open source projects like OpenStack, Airship, Kata Containers, StarlingX and Zuul. 

00:44 Meet the speakers!
05:59 What did you learn?
10:47 What is the hardest part of getting started contributing?
14:25 What challenges do geography/culture/language play?
20:38 What are the technical blockers you encountered?
27:15 What is the best thing about working in an open source community?
33:27 What is one thing you want to do to make the community more inviting to a new contributor?
36:58 Besides open source, what led you to software/technology as an interest and career? 
44:13 What advice do you have for future contributors?
50:54 What is Outreachy?

Speaker(s):
Kendall Nelson
Victoria Martinez de la Cruz
Archana Kumari
Ashley Rodriguez 
Fatema Sherif
Dawson Coleman

Full List of Resources from this Episode:
Outreachy: https://www.outreachy.org/
Grace Hopper Open Source Day: https://opensourceday.anitab.org/
OpenStack Contributor Guide: docs.openstack.org/contributors
First Contact SIG: wiki.openstack.org/wiki/First_Contact_SIG
Upstream Institute: docs.openstack.org/upstream-training/

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