Beyond the basics: Contributor experience, diversity and culture in open...
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A cross‑project two‑year effort funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant targets numpy scipy matplotlib and pandas to improve onboarding and retention through mentorship, newcomer spaces and scaffolded contributions. The talk cites that only 14% paid contributors and region data (36% North America and Europe, 15% Asia Pacific) shape priorities, argues for transparent governance, exit surveys and better metrics, and shows concrete practices — pair programming, documentation teams and sponsorship — that projects can adopt now.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:12Melissas background
- 3:59Why am I here
- 5:07What is diversity
- 12:16Internal hierarchies
- 14:28Stereotypes
- 16:04How can we improve
- 16:51What can we do
- 18:03Mentorship
- 24:27Metrics
- 26:13Things we can consider
- 28:37Soft skills
- 29:30People
- 30:19Thank you
- 30:44How to ensure diversity
- 33:04Imposter syndrome
- 35:11Benefits of diversity
- 36:50Attracting more contributors
- 41:05Professional vs active volunteers
- 43:06How to encourage women and mothers
- 45:20How can maintainers focus on diversity
- 47:24What do conferences add to the open source ecosystem
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