Advancing with Open Source Code as a Career Accelerator (Virtual)
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This session will feature two ways to look at open source projects 1) Getting started technically & 2) How to use an open source project to build your career on the resume & interview
We also have a special mentoring invite! Read on to see more after the agenda:
Featuring for the tech portion, Ravin Kumar a core Contributor to ArviZ and the PyMC suite of projects. Ravin enjoys the “choose your own” adventure of Open Science which allows each person the flexibility and freedom to pursue what they enjoy with minimal outside influence. As a mentor Ravin also enjoys helping folks find their path in the wide open world of Open Source. Ravin is Principal Data Scientist at PyMC Labs.
Featuring for the career portion, Lily Salem, seasoned career advisor to data professionals at all levels. Having worked in the Silicon Beach, Silicon Valley, Silicon Forest and coast to coast, she was part of the team to launch the first West Coast PyData Conference, a global endeavor with a strong following. Lily has seen how adding open data projects to one’s resume can make them distinguished as a candidate and persuasive in the interview. She has worked for top tier regional and globally recognized universities including business schools and now coaches candidates who would like to advance in their career or transition from a quantitative background to more of a business focus.
Agenda:
Contributing to open source
How to
Tools generally required
Finding a community
What you can do
Presenting your work on the resume & in a job interview
Resume tips
Interview project talk
Passion & persuasive impact
Your value as a candidate: Transferable skills
Examples from Ravin
PyMC3
ArviZ
Ravin will mentor 1:1 up to 3 people on contributing to any Open source project, but in particular any NumFocus project. I’m able to mentor anyone on how to start contributing to open source, but can dive particularly deep into ArviZ and PyMC3, the packages which he helps maintain. Mentees should have an active project in process and be ready to ask lot’s of questions to drive results!