Discovering Thyself through Open-source!
Tags: hacktoberfest
Published: 2020-11-05 11:20:36

### **Introduction**

Hello! I'm **Aniket Yadav**, currently in the senior year of my undergrad. In this post, I'm sharing my experience in Hacktober, but mostly about me getting into programming. It's my first post. I'm hoping if people can relate with my experience. If you do please support the post :)

I've recently been introduced to the field of programming in general and I'm fascinated by the infinite application opportunities that it provides.

And what's the best way to explore something if not becoming part of a community of like-minded people of such great talents!
 
### **Something about thyself**

It was about 6 months ago that I got into programming in general. The language that I choose was python because that was what everyone around me was getting into. Learned the basics syntax and got into competitive programming.

The beginning weeks were great! When I first wrote the 'Hello World' program. It felt *revoking* and *powerful* like I've come across a secret with immense possibility. But things aren't as great closely as they look from far. Something I learned the hard way.

About a month or so I started feeling lost and overwhelmed by the resources present out there and things people expect you to just know! It was a crazy torturous experience, to be honest. I
cannot lie there was a point I thought that this just isn't for me :(  
I still feel that sometimes tbh.

But deep down I know that this too shall pass.
This is me just standing at the tip of the iceberg yet to completely emerge myself in the field of Computer science. 

### **Contributions**

I was introduced to Hackotoberfest by a friend/mentor that I met in a community such as this. Hacktoberfest is quite famous among beginners and helps many launch themself into open-source contributions such as myself. 
Exploring Hacktoberfest is when I stumbled about the existence of the Open source community. The idea of Open Source just awestruck me immediately.

The below repositories are where I contributed my pull-requests while completing the Hacktoberfest 

https://github.com/auralshin/competetive-code-hacktoberfest

https://github.com/Vishruth-S/CompetitiveCode

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### **Reflections**

For me, Open Source represents ***Selflessness***, ***Kindness***, and most importantly ***Love*** for the field of **Science and Technology**.
Something that I resonate strongly with!

Currently, my plan is to try participating in GSOC( Wish me luck!). But most importantly keep contributing to the community in a healthy way by doing whatever I am capable of.

This is just the beginning of a new adventure in my life. Something that I look forward to keenly.
Contributing to open-source is something that I probably will do for the rest of my life! 

As regarding Hackotberfest, this is my first and last year of completing the fest for their great t-shirt and swag points. From the years coming forward, I'll do my best in HacktoberFest for planting the trees and I'll also try to contribute from my pocket for plantation of more trees too!
Something I encourage every single one of you to do!

*I'm also looking to make some great connections if you'd like to connect with me on Linkedin.*
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniket-ydv/