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Accidental Leadership in Open Source

Samson Goddy on August 27, 2020

Next Billion Creators My name is Samson Goddy. At the time of this writing, I am locked up someplace in Port Harcourt, with my hands sanitized, ...
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Ademola Alabi

Hi Samson,

I was part of OSCA Africa event in Lagos, and I can say for one that, you guys did great planning that event, it is the best Tech event I have ever attended in Lagos, Nigeria.

Kudos and cheers to many more wins.

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Samson Goddy

Glad to see you attended OSCAFEST ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ

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Pariola • Edited

The bio madd๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ
I joined the OSCA's community just of recent

โœŠ๐Ÿพhave been following since your events since last year
Nive work gou guys put together ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

OSCA's
Any community in minna
I stay in minna
Have not seen any.

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Samson Goddy

Yes, we are currently working internally to figure out our current chapter structure, so be sure to follow OSCA on Twitter for announcement soon.

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H Lee

I've always wanted to enter the open-source community. How would I start? Should I find issues to work on in Github or start reading through their codebases to better understand the project first? Any thoughts?

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Danny Kim

I'm also relatively new to the world of open source, but I am frequently making small changes to young repos now. I suggest you begin with "open source janitor tasks" like documentation fixes and reporting mistakes in npm @types packages. Once you get the hang of it, you'll gain cofidence to tackle more complicated issues. Of course, if you encounter a github issue that you know you can solve, you should start writing your PR right away!

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Chukwudi Nweze

This is indeed a great article. I'm quite inspired by this article and this would help me grow more to the level I wish to be as a software developer. I've been following you for over a year and I can sincerely say you are doing great

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Samson Goddy

Thanks๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฟ

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Chuku David

Hi samson
Your article got me inspired on the level I want to be as a software developer. Love your work, it got me.

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Thabitha Kavyu

Chief ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ

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Samson Goddy

๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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Nneka-Chukwuemeka

I really enjoyed reading this...very educative. Really encouraged me.

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Samson Goddy

Glad it did, thanks for the feedback.