Student Involvement in Open Source: Why, How and Where to Get Started
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The document discusses student involvement in open source projects, highlighting the benefits such as gaining real-world experience and enhancing job prospects. It outlines various opportunities for participation, including Google Summer of Code and local user groups, while emphasizing the importance of learning and making a positive impact. The document also provides guidance on how to get started and engage effectively within the open source community.
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Student Involvement in Open Source: Why, How and Where to Get Started
- 1. Student Involvement in Open Source Why, How and Where to Get Started Leslie Hawthorn OSU Open Source Lab
- 3. Oregon State University Open Source Lab • Founded in 2003 • Hosts more than 100 projects: Linux kernel, Apache, Fedora, Debian, PHP
- 4. Why Open Source? • More than 50% of leading IT organizaRons are using open source soSware – CompeRRve advantage – Lower cost of ownership • 30% of soSware used at these companies is open source, up from 10% five years ago Gartner, February 2011
- 5. Employers Value OS Experience • EvaluaRng potenRal hires • Lowering training costs • Decreasing Rme from hire to full producRvity
- 6. Open Source & You • Create a citable body of work • Nurture your passion for programming • Learn cool stuff outside the classroom • Make a real difference in people’s lives
- 7. Ge]ng Involved in Open Source
- 8. The TradiRonal Route More on this later….
- 10. Google Summer of CodeTM • Flip bits, not burgers • 175 open source projects for 2011 • Up to 1000 students accepted in the past • Important dates – March 28th: student applicaRon period opens – April 8th: student applicaRon deadline
- 11. The Summer of Code Meme • GNOME Outreach Program for Women – ApplicaRon deadline: April 9th • New Zealand Summer of Code • Ruby Summer of Code • Humanitarian FOSS Project Internships • Many more….
- 12. • Program for pre-‐ university students • Must be 13-‐18 to parRcipate • Looks great on college applicaRons
- 13. Get a Job • Internships with OS friendly companies • Numerous open source employers – Mozilla, RedHat, etc. • Student experiences on campus
- 14. Conferences and Unconferences • In person interacRons are very helpful – Project culture and understanding tone • Unconferences have low barrier to entry
- 15. Join Your Local User Group
- 16. Diving Right In Made Simple • Start with projects that have parRcipated in Google Summer of Code • InvesRgate to ensure a project is open for business • Look for projects that explicitly welcome new contributors
- 17. OpenHatch: I Want to Help
- 18. Looking Credible in a Few Easy Steps • Read project website thoroughly • Subscribe to project mailing lists • Join project IRC channel – “Lurk” unRl you get the lay of the land • Ask quesRons the smart way
- 19. Mistakes • You will make them. Many of them. • Just don’t make the same one repeatedly.
- 20. A Few Closing Thoughts
- 21. Saving the World • Many projects help those most in need – Sahana, OpenMRS, Usahidi • Many focus on social jusRce causes – Sunlight FoundaRon, Tor, Martus • Many support the mission of non-‐profits – CiviCRM, HFOSS Project, the enRre stack
- 22. The real point is to have fun and learn something …
- 23. Ge]ng an awesome job and helping others are great results….
- 25. Credits and Licensing • Heart Oregon: hlp://www.flickr.com/photos/cosmic_bandita/3960799351/ • Fire: hlp://www.flickr.com/photos/7309767@N02/444312011/ sizes/z/ This presenta,on is released under a Crea,ve Commons A5ribu,on 3.0 Unported License. Please remix and reuse! h5p://crea,vecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/