Finding Open Source Projects and Determining Which Projects to Work on

According to recent numbers, there are more than 180,000 active Open Source projects today and data from GitHub reveals that project categories are evolving every year. These vast numbers make it difficult to choose where to invest your time and effort as a contributor to make sure you deliver the most value.

So how can you decide where to focus your work? And how can you find a project that's the best fit for you? Join the coming OSNYC event to learn how to make an educated choice. We will have experts sharing from their own experience and talk about a few projects that you can consider.

Speakers:
(1) Luuk Derksen - cofounder/CTO of Hoppin
(2) Hannah Aizenman, graduate in Computer Science at the CUNY Graduate Center - How to Contribute to MatPlotLib
(3) James McLeod, Software Engineering Lead of Lloyds Banking Group - Contributing to FinTech Projects