Oops! I Became an Open Source Maintainer! 😱

Talk Abstract

I consider myself relatively new to the open source world; my first open source contribution was in summer of 2016. Pretty soon I found myself being given commit rights to other people’s open source projects. Being a new open source maintainer brings a set of unique challenges that I was not fully prepared for. In this talk, I will share my journey and the things I’ve learned along the way, and some advice for other aspiring open source maintainers and contributors.

Contact me (links below) if you’d like to hear this talk at your event.

Presented At

• PyGotham 2020
• PyCon AU 2020
• PyCon Taiwan 2020
• SeaGL 2020
• PyCon BY 2021
• PyCon US 2021
• PyCon Indonesia 2021

Reactions

There were many amazing talks at PyCon US 2021, but this talk, "Oops! I Became an Open Source Maintainer!" by @mariatta was hands down my favorite. I cannot recommend this one enough!https://t.co/9F0asbpUMa

— Keith (@keithTheEE) June 5, 2021

@mariatta Loved this talk! Your boldness is truly inspiring <3

— Lucy Voigt (@pagerbooty) November 13, 2020

#pycontw2020 Day 2 Keynote by @mariatta: "Oops! I Became an Open Source Maintainer"

I love that quote by @pwang (who coincidentally also gave the Keynote yesterday at @PyConTW)! pic.twitter.com/2nwaz6sz8j

— Ong Chin Hwee 🐼 (@ongchinhwee) September 6, 2020

Sometimes it is easy to forget that just as recently as 2015 there were NO women in the CPython core team.@mariatta's talk "Oops! I Became an Open Source Maintainer!" reminds us that PyCons around the world play a crucial role in growing and diversifying our community. 💗

— PyCon US (@pycon) May 14, 2021

@mariatta I just watched "Oops! I Became an Open Source Maintainer" from PyConline AU. It was cool to see your story and how you got involved in the community and eventually reached out and gained maintainer status. Thanks for sharing!

— Sarah Withee #BLM 🇺🇦 (@geekygirlsarah) February 28, 2021

Videos

PyGotham 2020

PyCon AU 2020

PyCon Taiwan 2020

PyCon Indonesia 2021

PyCon US 2021

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