Name: Level Up with OSS: How To Develop Your Dev Skills with Open Source Contributions
Start: 2015-04-16T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2015-04-16T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Dev BootCamp NYC

Are you intimidated by the prospect of writing open source code? Have you struggled to find a project or figure out the ins and outs of the GitHub workflow? Are you not quite sure why you should even bother?

Come join Courteney Ervin, Events Platform Engineer at CodeMontage, to discuss the extensive benefits of open source to your career and work step-by-step through the joys and tribulations of the contribution process. She'll explain how to push through your intimidation, amplify your learning, and strengthen your developer portfolio with open source!

Schedule:

7:00 - 7:15 Arrival

7:15 - 7:45 Talk

7:45 - 8:00 Q&A

8:00 - 8:30 Goal-Setting & Networking

About Courteney:

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Courteney Ervin (https://twitter.com/courteneyervin) is an Events Platform Engineer at CodeMontage. The confluence of open source and social good were the seed of her tech career, and she is thrilled to be writing code and managing community at the junction of such important movements.

Previously, Courteney was a founding teacher at Dev Bootcamp's NYC campus, and she's led events and tech projects at a wide variety of nonprofits. She's committed to creating and supporting accessible continuous learning opportunities and alternative hiring paths as a means to diversify the tech industry.

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