Why you should contribute to open source?

Let's start with some questions

Does anybody think she/he does not benefit from open source movement?

How many of you have ever contributed to OS project?

How many have ever thought about that?

Why?

Common excuses

I don't have time

Maybe you could find some?

I'm not good enough

Then you'll learn

The process is too complicated

Then, again, you'll learn

What you get

Feeling that you give back

Code review for free!

Meet interesting people

Extra points on job interview

But I'm not (a good) programmer...

It's not only about code

Reporting issues

Reviewing issues

Code review

Docs!

How to get started

Tools you use

You already know them, look at their issue tracker

Some links

Codete Github is waiting for you

Thank you

Open Source Contributing

By katafrakt

Open Source Contributing

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