Josh Goldberg - The Life of a Full Time Open Source Developer

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Join Bekah and Dan in this week's episode, where they talk with Josh Goldberg, an independent full time open source developer working on projects in the TypeScript ecosystem, where he shares valuable tips and insights on how you can get started with contributing to open source, whether you're a seasoned developer or just dipping your toes into OSS. Josh also shares the story of his prolific speaking journey over the last couple of years and how staying involved in the tech community has been a rewarding experience.

Links:

• typescript-eslint
• typescript-eslint GitHub
• Code Academy
• Microsoft Sway
• Josh's Blog posts about applying to conferences:
  • How I Apply to Conferences
  • How I Apply to Conferences: FAQs
• Josh's Book: Learning Typescript

About Josh:

Hi, I’m Josh! I’m an independent full time open source developer. I work on projects in the TypeScript ecosystem, most notably typescript-eslint: the tooling that enables ESLint and Prettier to run on TypeScript code. I’m also the author of the O’Reilly Learning TypeScript book, a Microsoft MVP for developer technologies, and an active conference speaker.

• @JoshuaKGoldberg on Twitter
• @JoshuaKGoldberg on GitHub
• @[e-mail] on mastodon

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Chapter

1. Introduction to VC and Josh (00:00:00)

2. Random Check in Question (00:03:05)

3. Josh's Origin Story (00:08:47)

4. Journey to Full Time Open Source Developer (00:11:26)

5. Getting Sponsorships (00:24:11)

6. Moving the Project Forward (00:26:54)

7. Getting Into Speaking (00:29:43)

8. Personal Benefits of Speaking Conferences (00:35:57)

9. TypeScript Projects (00:40:04)

10. Advice for Open Source (00:48:28)