Open-Sourced - Growth Hacking Your Tech Skills

• This talk is aimed at being a how-to on how to use open-source resources to grow as a developer.
• It can be 30 - 60 mins long based on the audience and their needs.
• Target: developers at any experience level.

A segmented talk highlighting the importance of various types of communities in the development of a developer and the usage of these learning resources can enhance one’s skills.

How does one grow one’s technical skills on limited resources ( whether by choice or otherwise ) or show how one can learn using current resources?

This talk aims to provide a how-to guide to developing one’s technical skills using community resources to enhance the developer’s journey. It will use examples from my journey such as freeCodeCamp meetups, mentorships, hackathons, and civic hacking, providing actionable steps with accompanying learned insights. These steps include : => What is is open source learning? => Establishing your learning goal and breaking down the steps to getting there. => Understanding the importance of joining a community and being an active participant. => Why you should blog and tweet your progress as you learn. => Why and how you should contribute to open source? => How to find activities such as hackathons, meetups, and civic hacking groups that will challenge you? => Examine how to build a coding habit eg #100daysofCode. => How using open source resources helps you to learn makes you a better and more valuable developer/ engineer. => Etc ( anything else that may cater to the theme of the conference or meetup where this talk is being given).