The Open Source Development Surprise
summary
Argues that open source changes careers by confronting fear and building self-efficacy, gives concrete wins: helped build Bluebird (about 8.5 million downloads a week), answers ~700 Stack Overflow answers to promote promises, and grows projects that reach hundreds of thousands of users. Explains tools and tactics used — code reviews, issue triage, contributing.md, seeking model — and reports surprising ratios: low PR acceptance rates so persistence (multiple PR attempts) matters, and community processes actually scale and work.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Start
- 0:01Open Source Surprise
- 1:01Disclaimer
- 1:58have a culture problem.
- 6:19Gatekeeping
- 7:16mposter Syndrome
- 8:01Inclusivity
- 13:41ou improve your skills
- 14:06It combats the fear.
- 14:45fear together.
- 15:05Something personal
- 19:09open source?
- 23:56seeking model
- 24:30e Tips for Open Source
- 25:07Be empathic. It helps with the fear.
- 26:06Stick with it.
- 27:54Self Compassion.
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