Sandra McCann is a Linux and open source advocate. She's worked as a software developer, content architect for learning resources, and content creator. Sandra is currently a content creator for Red Hat in Westford, MA focusing on Ansible.
Sandra McCann
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Great intro! I especially like the advice to try things in a virtual machine environment first. I've spun up and killed a number of them in just the past year or so that I've taken a more active interest in open source projects.
I also lurked for some time in the appropriate IRC channels and that does help for sure. One other tidbit of advice - don't assume you HAVE to start coding to help a project. Other good places to start include documentation and test/QA (neither of which necessarily require coding skills, depending on the project).
Wow, learned something new about the girl scouts! Great to see STEM involved here.