Starting Out in Outreachy
So you want to join Outreachy but you don't understand it, you're scared, or you don't know what open source is about. What is FOSS anyway? Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) refers to software that
Mar 9, 20264 min read
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Wrapping Up My Outreachy Internship at Debian
Twelve weeks ago, I stepped into the Debian ecosystem as an Outreachy intern with a curiosity for Quality Assurance. It feels like just yesterday, and time has flown by so fast! Now, I am wrapping up
Mar 2, 20263 min read
How Open Source Contributions Define Your Career Path
Hi there, I鈥檓 more than halfway through (8 weeks) my Outreachy internship with Debian, working on the openQA project to test Live Images. My journey into tech began as a software engineering trainee, during which I built a foundation in Bash scriptin...
Feb 2, 20262 min read
Mid-Point Project Progress
Halfway There Hurray! 馃帀 I have officially reached the 6-week mark, the halfway point of my Outreachy internship. The time has flown by incredibly fast, yet it feels short because there is still so much exciting work to do. I remember starting this j...
Jan 19, 20263 min read
Thinking About My Audience
Thinking about who I am addressing is a challenge, but it is an important one. As I write, I realize I鈥檓 speaking to three distinct groups: my friends and family who are new to the world of tech, newcomers eager to join programs like Outreachy, and t...
Jan 5, 20262 min read
Everybody Struggles
That鈥檚 right: everyone struggles. You could be working on a project only to find a mountain of new things to learn, or your code might keep failing until you start to doubt yourself. I feel like that sometimes, wondering if I鈥檓 good enough. But in th...
Dec 22, 20253 min read
Beginning My Outreachy Journey With Debian
Hello, my name is Isoken, I鈥檓 a software engineer and product manager from Nigeria. I am excited and grateful to begin this journey as an Outreachy intern working on the project "Debian Images Testing with OpenQA". I am particularly drawn to helpin...
Dec 8, 20252 min read