{"id":1924,"date":"2015-12-25T12:06:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T06:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2015-12-25T12:07:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T06:37:56","slug":"random-thoughts-on-boarding-new-developers-to-open-source-projects-then-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/25\/random-thoughts-on-boarding-new-developers-to-open-source-projects-then-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: On-boarding new developers to open source projects. Then & Now."},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are entering in 2016, my journey to open source started in 2004-05 when i attended one of the Linux User Group meetup in New Delhi, India. Those days we had to pay one$ for surfing internet for an hour, having a dial-up internet at home was considered luxury.<\/p>\n

What was the scene those days?<\/p>\n

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  1. Linux user groups were more happening, we had demo days and most open source software developers were under single roof.<\/li>\n
  2. We were more glued offline for beer\/kebab\/pizza and hangouts.<\/li>\n
  3. To on-board new users to open source we were regularly conducting workshop across colleges and cities.<\/li>\n
  4. We had mailing list, IRC, wiki [they still exists]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How are things now?<\/p>\n

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    1. Internet is everywhere & is part of our life.<\/li>\n
    2. Mobile usage has exploded, information about everything is one tap away.<\/li>\n
    3. Installing Linux & open source software has become much easier, internet & advanced GUI development gets credit.<\/li>\n
    4. The whole open source ecosystem got divided into different camps & all started organizing\/mentoring its own users\/contributors.<\/li>\n
    5. Web and social media platforms quora, stackoverflow along with free MOOC courses are loaded with all information.<\/li>\n
    6. Online conferences like ubuntu developer summit summit and live streaming of conferences gave more wider audience.<\/li>\n
    7. Github, Slack, Gitter are new cool among developers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      2016 & beyond new user on-boarding.<\/p>\n

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      1. We don’t have to spoon feed anymore, most of the information are available on the web. This generation is way smarter then us.<\/li>\n
      2. We don’t have to go for extreme evangelism because web has enough information those who are interested will find a way.<\/li>\n
      3. All we have to do is to mentor & help only if they need it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        PS: This is not a rant against all those who are still working on building a open source community in 2000 style, this is my thought & i might me wrong here.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        We are entering in 2016, my journey to open source started in 2004-05 when i attended one of the Linux User Group meetup in New Delhi, India. Those days we had to pay one$ for surfing internet for an hour, having a dial-up internet at home was considered luxury. What was the scene those days? … <\/p>\n

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