S13:E2 - How newbies can contribute to open source (Janessa Tran)

In this episode, we talk about getting into open source, with Janessa Tran, junior software engineer at Ten Forward Consulting. Janessa talks about being one of a triplet of coders, how contributing to open source early on helped her to level up her dev skills, and what you should look for as a beginner when choosing what open source projects to work on. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Open Source Ten Forward Consulting Acorns The Odin Project Ruby on Rails Node.js Python Learn Python the Hard Way Lorenz system #100DaysOfCode Data for Democracy Ruby Together Ruby Me if me A Beginner’s Guide to Contributing to Open Source Hacktoberfest GitHub Ruby for Good Diaperbase