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S6E19: An Introduction to Open Source Projects for Beginners
Season 6 · Episode 19

S6E19: An Introduction to Open Source Projects for Beginners

Learn to Code With Me

October 8, 201939m 53s

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Show Notes

Safia Abdalla is an open source developer, writer, and a software engineer at Microsoft and she also co-hosts the BookBytes podcast, a fortnightly book club for developers. She's passionate about bringing people together to build great things and using storytelling to share knowledge.

In this episode, we discuss…

  • How to get into open source development
  • What makes a good open source project to start with
  • Whether open source contributions can help you get a job
  • How to transition from contributor to maintainer

Learn more about Safia and what we discussed on the Learn to Code With Me website.