Impact of Open Source on my professional journey

In this talk, I will share my experience in contributing to FOSS and what FOSS gave back in return in 2 parts.

Part 1: I will share my life experience on how contributing to FOSS happened and how it helped me find a job. My contribution to FOSS began during my career break and it helped me to stay confident and overcome my fear during the vulnerable phase of my life. I applied for an Outreachy internship during this phase and started making contributions to Apache Airflow. I will share some of the tips that helped me to begin contributing to FOSS and stories from my experience on how FOSS operates from a beginner's perspective.

Part 2: Life was going smoothly and I was contributing to FOSS and working a part-time role in my job that I got via my FOSS contributions. Then came a day when the contract of my job was terminated with a 2-day notice. Another vulnerable phase and this time too I turned towards FOSS. I have started making sales pitches to implement FOSS solutions like Frappe to small businesses and got my first customer. I am also trying to build my open-source solution and FOSS has given me all the confidence to try it.