Open Source for Fun and Profit: Opportunities for Personal and Professional Growth

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Open Source for Fun and Profit: Opportunities for Personal and Professional Growth

No matter your skill level, open source projects provide unique opportunities to share what you know and learn with others. From writing documentation to fixing bugs or adding new functionality, dedicating your time to an open source project can be rewarding in the short and long term.

Do you want to learn a new language or technology but don’t know where to start? What about honing your skills and getting critical feedback from project maintainers?

Putting yourself out in the world can be intimidating, but growing your network and your knowledge is priceless.

In this talk, we will use the example of a Bitcoin open source ecosystem, and you will see that there’s something for everyone.

Key Takeaways

• The importance of open source for collaboration and innovation.
• Identifying active and well maintained projects to contribute to.
• What an open source stack looks like.

About the Speaker

Felipe has been in the tech industry for almost twenty years and has been a Senior Software Engineer in Test at Netflix for the past six, where he helps build the UI delivered to millions of Smart TVs and other streaming devices around the world. His previous experiences include Tile, a Bluetooth-enabled tracking device, and several products at Yahoo!, from Mail to Messenger and Search. In his spare time, his focus has been contributing to Bitcoin open source projects.

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