Seeing the discourse around OSS contributions reminds me how inexperienced and naive our industry is. We should invest heavily in teaching grads not just how to code, but how to manage relationships, build trust with your peers and above all; communicate effectively.
Look at this PR and you’ll see a person who sacrificed their personal time to implement a highly requested feature.
The company sees a person they’ve never interacted with, send a large PR without asking, implementing a feature that undermines their Enterprise tier, for which they now need to allocate resource to get it reviewed, revised and integrated.
Look at this PR and you’ll see a person who sacrificed their personal time to implement a highly requested feature.
The company sees a person they’ve never interacted with, send a large PR without asking, implementing a feature that undermines their Enterprise tier, for which they now need to allocate resource to get it reviewed, revised and integrated.