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Ciao! Sono Francesca Marano ● WordPress core team lead at Yoast ● Release co-lead WordPress 5.3 and 5.4 ● https://noti.st/francescamarano @FrancescaMarano

Accidental OSS contributor @FrancescaMarano

My path ● 2010 - WordPress freelancer ● 2011 - Translated a plugin I was using ● 2015 - Discovered organised contribution ● 2017 - Community team representative ● 2019/2020 - Co-lead two WordPress releases ● 2020 - Core team representative ● 2020 - Joined Yoast and full-time contribution @FrancescaMarano

The Cathedral and the Bazaar Eric S. Raymond @FrancescaMarano

Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s itch @FrancescaMarano

To solve an interesting problem, start by finding a problem that is interesting to you. @FrancescaMarano

Be selfish @FrancescaMarano

Step 1 - Pick a project ● You use it ● Needs fixing to allow you to move forward ● Just for fun @FrancescaMarano

Step 2 - Get involved with the project ● Partecipate ● Connect ● Be polite @FrancescaMarano

Step 3 - Learn from the project ● New tools ● New processes ● New skills @FrancescaMarano

Tangible results - individuals ● Knowledge ● Connections ● Opportunities @FrancescaMarano

@FrancescaMarano

Tangible results - companies ● Better product ● Knowledge ● Training ● Recognition @FrancescaMarano

Be selfless Be generous @FrancescaMarano

Step Up Step Down @FrancescaMarano

When you lose interest in a program, your last duty is to hand it off to a competent successor @FrancescaMarano

My experience ● Mentor ● Handover ● Delegate ● Document @FrancescaMarano

What’s in it for me? @FrancescaMarano

● Accomplishment ● Pride ● Validation ● Recognition ● Growth @FrancescaMarano

Make it better, give it back John Blackbourn @FrancescaMarano

Let’s continue the conversation Where? Online ● Yoast.com ● @FrancescaMarano ● @Yoast Francesca Marano francesca@yoast.com noti.st/francescamarano

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