Ruby.is_a? Community # = true
summary
Community membership drives retention and learning: contributing to open source produces personal growth, job and project opportunities, and lasting friendships. Example: someone spends two weeks building the Windows installer now known as RailsInstaller to make Rails usable on Windows, reducing setup time from hours to minutes. Mentorship programs like Rails Mentors and Ruby Summer of Code pair newcomers with mentors, produce concrete projects (mentee Darcy), and yield measurable increases in contributor retention and published tooling.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (21)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:20Benefits
- 2:03Open Source Projects
- 2:51Opportunities
- 3:29Did you know
- 4:40Education
- 5:32Mentorship
- 7:30Find our sins
- 9:03Communication
- 9:47Meet people
- 11:42Personal growth happiness
- 13:04Relationships and friendships
- 14:22Community
- 15:28Recap
- 16:44What is it
- 17:21People
- 20:55Summary
- 21:42Quote
- 22:07Building on Foundations
- 25:32Documentation
- 29:14Personal Challenge
related talks
39mPanel: Ruby's Killer Feature: The Community
30mThe How and Why of Ruby
41mWhat Developing With Ruby Can Teach Us About Developing Ruby
06mRuby, the hidden programming teacher
39mAs a language, can we make Ruby as signficant as Latin, Ancient Greek or Sanskrit
18m10 Years of Ruby
32mRuby: The Next Generation
01h 00mKeynote: Why Ruby?