Contributing to Open Source with Wendy Ha (Episode 106)
Description
How do you begin contributing to an open source project? What's it like? What do you get out of it?
This week I'm joined by Wendy Ha who shares her unique story of joining the Kubernetes project and becoming a contributor. We explore...
⛰️ What it's like working on one of the biggest open source projects in the world
🏆 The benefits of contributing to open source
⌚ How much time and effort does it take?
🌏 The unique challenges of contributing from APAC (and the need for more contributors in Australia and New Zealand)
🏃♀️➡️ How to get started
...and much more.
You can find Wendy on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyha-sut/
Ways you can get started contributing to Open Source:
CNCF from Zero to Merge Program: https://project.linuxfoundation.org/cncf-zero-to-merge-application
LFX Mentorship Program: https://mentorship.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/#projects_all
Outreachy Mentorship Program: https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/
Google Summer of Code: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
Kubernetes Release Team Shadowing: https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/release-team/README.md#release-team-shadow
You can find Stephen on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre
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