November 28, 2019

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Attracting, retaining, and developing new contributors in open source

Attracting, retaining, and developing new contributors in open source

A vibrant project attracts, grows, and values all contributions, and this is especially important for welcoming first-timers like women and members of other underrepresented groups to FOSS. Nithya Ruff and Rupa Dachere explain how to create on-ramps for first-time contributors, how to retain the contributors you have, and how to develop contributors for the future.
Talk Title Attracting, retaining, and developing new contributors in open source
Speakers Nithya Ruff (Comcast), Rupa Dachere (CodeChix)
Conference O’Reilly Open Source Convention
Conf Tag Making Open Work
Location Austin, Texas
Date May 8-11, 2017
URL Talk Page
Slides Talk Slides
Video

Projects thrive on great contributions, but this does not happen by magic. Very often, people will leave projects that do not make them feel welcome or are easy to contribute to. A vibrant project attracts, grows, and values all contributions, and this is especially important for welcoming first-timers like women and members of other underrepresented groups to FOSS. Nithya Ruff and Rupa Dachere explain how to create on-ramps for first-time contributors, how to retain the contributors you have, and how to develop contributors for the future. Along the way, they share best practices from companies and projects for making new developers feel welcome.

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