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Contributing to Django - Sarah Boyce
Nov 8, 2023
Sarah Boyce, a member of the GitHub Django Triage & Review Team and Django Discord Channel, discusses imposter syndrome, challenges of working with the Django codebase, the importance of mentorship, the role of Django's triage and review team, and challenges of granting controls to contributors.
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- Mentorship and community support are crucial for individuals to feel confident contributing to open-source projects like Django.
- Improved communication channels within the Django community, such as Discord and the Django forum, create a supportive environment for newcomers and enhance collaboration among DSF members.
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Becoming a Django Community Member
In this podcast episode, Sarah Boyce shares her journey of becoming an indispensable figure in the Django community. Despite not having a traditional computer science background, Sarah's experience with Excel and VBA tools led her to join a team that maintained a Django web application. This introduction to web development sparked Sarah's interest in Django, and she eventually transitioned to a backend engineering role. Sarah emphasizes the importance of mentorship and community support in helping individuals feel confident and capable of contributing to open-source projects like Django.
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