Contributing to Open Source Can Change Your Life – Here’s How to Do It

There are over 128000000 open source projects on GitHub and every single one of them has the potential to change your life forever.

Whether you are building your GitHub street cred, fixing a bug, adding a feature to a project you personally use, or just fixing typos, every pull request you submit moves you one step further in your development career.

GitHub is the new resume and every contribution you make builds your collaboration skills and associates your name with the massive community of driven individuals out there making software for fun and profit.

So… There’s no time like the present. let’s learn how to find an open-source project and make your first contribution right now!

1. Find a project and an issue
2. Read the rules
3. Fork the project, make a branch
4. The next and very important step is like and subscribe if you enjoy this video, thanks!
5. Make your changes
6. Push your changes
7. Open a pr that resolves the issue
8. Monitor and receive feedback gracefully