Beyond OSS

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Many projects have weak codes of conduct, poor documentation, and assumptions that everyone uses Git or has the same time and workflows, which pushes newcomers away. Concrete fixes include curated issue lists (easy / intermediate / hard across Kubernetes Go Docker), mentor pairing at focused meetups, explicit conflict-resolution clauses in codes of conduct, and policies to recognize non-code work such as talks, outreach, and mentoring so contributions actually scale.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:36Veronicas background
3. 2:07Introduction
4. 2:50Codes of Conduct
5. 4:07Cookie Cutter Culture
6. 6:06The Ideal OSS Career
7. 7:34Everyone has their own story
8. 8:57Stop assuming

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