A presentation I gave at Ladies Who Code about the pros and cons of working for an open source organisation

1. Working in Open
Source
Trisha Gee
Contributor to Morphia
Maintainer of MongoDB Java Driver
@trisha_gee

2. Java & Open Source

3. The Good
• Easy to Evangelise
• Users drive the product
• Community feels more involved
• Learn different communication skills

4. The Bad
• Community feels more involved
• Investing in contributors takes a lot of time
• People can see your code
• Communication is hard!

5. My Personal Experience
+ Showcasing my code
+ Working for a tech company
+ Working with other language experts
+ Remote working
+ Opportunities for coaching and learning

6. My Personal Experience
- Don’t think our project is open source mindset
- People use your code
- Tension between open code and company
internals

7. @trisha_gee
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