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Pro tip: Don't get into open source if you think it will land you a job. Do it if you're passionate about it.

My friend had some great advice: bsky.app/profile/mlep...

Jokingly, I'd say: learn plumbing or welding. Seriously, I'd say: be humble; be patient; be kind. Ask questions. Answer questions. Don't take things too personally. Persevere. Dive deep; come up for air. Know yourself and your passions. Have you built sandcastles with the other kids before?

There are some tips in our blog: os-sci.com/blog/our-blo...

Make all your variables and function calls racial slurs. Let the "AI" bots snarfing your code work for it.

Exactly. What makes you stay up for 48 hours straight IV'ing quadruple espressos and choking down Marlboro Reds like a crematorium? And end up in the hospital after a heart attack? That's not advice; that's passion.

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I would say beware: GitHub illegally will use all your data and code.