Hi Yedidyah,

I don't do open source at the moment. I want to start contributing to open source. I am trying to find projects that I find interesting.

I did start looking at the developer page and the documentation. I have been reading up on the material.

Just to clarify, I understand there is no easy contribution. I am only looking for help with first time contributions.

I do understand that it is a steep learning curve with no experience. I am willing to put in the effort to be a part of the system.

I am trying to contact groups to see if someone has something similar to a mentorship or a peer program to guide me through the process.

Thanks for your input.

Regards,

Maithreyi

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 9:14 AM Yedidyah Bar David <didi@redhat.com> wrote:

Hi Maithreyi,

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:21 PM Maithreyi Gopal <maithreyi.gopal@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,

I am Maithreyi Gopal, from Nuremberg, Germany. I am looking to start contributing to open source projects and would like to introduce myself to you.

I have a lot of Software Development Experience to offer. I have a few years of experience working with infrastructure teams on the Cisco ASR9k routers. I have a Masters in Networking and Design
I currently work on developing drivers and communication protocols for image transfer at Siemens Healthcare.

I want to be able to use my background to start contributing to open source and learn new technologies. I come with no prior open source contributions. If somebody is willing to point me in the right direction and probably help me with an easy first contribution, I would really appreciate it. I am most proficient in C and python.

Do you use Open Source in your daily work? At home? Elsewhere? Do you use oVirt?

Personally, I think it's best to start contributing to software you actually use.

If you are interested in oVirt, you should probably start by looking around https://www.ovirt.org/develop/ .

If in "easy first contribution" you refer to a code change/patch, then I might warn you that it's not really that "easy", if you have no experience with oVirt and related technologies as a user, first. I think it took me around a month, back then...

Good luck and best regards,
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Didi