[Shindi]

> contribute to an Open Source project that you really like

My 2c: This is the harder but better way to prove your skills. It shows you can learn a new codebase, interact with team members to learn and get things done, and that your code standards are up to code with an established org.

Just don't make my mistake of trying to contribute on your own. Find a mentor, and before you try to make a change, explain your approach to that mentor or anyone to make sure it works. And only then start writing code.

If this gets a ton of upvotes, I'll make a guide for doing this.

[spaceywilly]

That’s a great idea. Open source projects can always use the help and it’s a great way to build some developer cred. Maybe a good idea would be for open source projects to maintain a list of “low hanging fruit” bugs that new developers could take on as good first tasks.

[modernyogihippy]

> Just don't make my mistake of trying to contribute on your own. Find a mentor

Any suggestions on how to find a mentor to help contributing to open source? I've been self-teaching for ~8months and just created a Github account with the desire to push.

[oikawa_tooru]

Hi can you please make a guide? Or point to any other resource you may have on this?