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I still remember my first contribution to NgRx in 2019. I was in Pune and didn’t know anyone outside work. My network was colleagues and people I’d taught Angular. Once I started contributing, things changed. Most of my work opportunities came from this GitHub profile. 🧵

Santosh Yadav | GDE 🅰️ | GitHub ⭐ | MVP

@santoshyadav.dev

But OSS is changing. Maintainers aren’t accepting PRs from strangers anymore. A friend at a recent conference gave me great advice: maintainers want to know who you are first. He’ll accept PRs from people he already knows.

16/10/26, 9:16 am0 reposts2 likes

Santosh Yadav | GDE 🅰️ | GitHub ⭐ | MVP

@santoshyadav.dev

So interact with maintainers online & offline. Go to meetups and conferences. Meet people. Build something together. That’s how the new Unified Angular DevTools started: I met Erkam Yaman in Istanbul, and now we’re collaborating on an amazing project 🚀 #OpenSource #Angular