Python Folks, keep being so warm and welcoming.
summary
Starts with learning git and GitHub to apply for Outreachy and contributes documentation to conda-forge, then gets selected for a three‑month internship. Community mentors give context, check in on workload, and encourage speaking up; that support leads to learning Python, adding a requested GitHub support feature to grayskull, and getting a pull request merged with 300 lines of Python. Outcome: continues with Anaconda and becomes a software engineer.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Introduction and personal journey
- 4:46Discovering open source
- 8:16Internship experience and growth
- 13:34Call to action and conclusion
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