the “first timers only” or “good first issue” label • Look at the roadmap of the project • Come up with your issues ◦ bug that can be solved ◦ a documentation improvement (e.g.: typo) ◦ review PRs
as a professional ◦ communication, technical abilities, collaboration, code review, etc • contribute back to the community • volunteer for causes • improve current skills and learn new ones • career changer? Use this!
responsive? • time to get merged... • is the project community welcoming? • does it match what you are looking for? • do things transparently and public • what is the process of contribution? • code of conduct, reporting guidelines • communities may behave in differents
• Added a portuguese project to README: https://github.com/OldMetalmind/PortugueseOpenSourceProjects/pull/1 • Contributed to a “corporate” project and signed a CLA: https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2245 • Created my own opportunity: https://github.com/systers/systers.github.io/pull/168 • Continued someone else work: https://github.com/getodk/collect/pull/1986 • Fixed a link for WWC Cloud repo: https://github.com/WomenWhoCode/WWCodeCloud/pull/7
repository locally • Change files • Commit and push to remote • Create Pull Request To change design channel link text on README: https://github.com/anitab-org/anitab-org.github.io