On Friday, May 3, WordPress Core Contributor, WP CLI team contributor, and brand new Triage Team leader, Jonathan Desrosiers will be joining us at 11:00am for a special free session on how *you* can create your own contribution journey.

WordPress Contributor.

These words mean many different things to different people. WordPress is a large open source project with thousands of contributors helping out in countless ways. But what defines a model contributor?

This talk is a retrospective of a WordPress journey from Tinkerer to Full-Time Contributor and Core Committer.

• What makes a successful contributor?
• What should your expectations be?
• How do you get started?
• When do you ask for help?
• When do you offer help?
• How should you receive feedback?
• What factors make up the right mindset?

You’ll be informed and inspired to begin your WordPress contributor story — which you will do right afterwards!

That’s right. If this is your first time, we’ll introduce you to the different areas in which you can contribute to WordPress, and then walk you through making your first contribution, with bragging rights💪

It’s free (you don’t need a 2 or 3 day ticket) and lunch is provided. Just sign up here and bring your laptop or tablet.

Note: You must have a 3-Day ticket if you want to attend any of the Friday Beginner Workshops, or sessions on Saturday or Sunday.