--- title: How I Got Hired Contributing to open source projects description: In the tech space, getting a job is not based on how good you are at the technical side of things, but rather your positioning. As you read on, I will share my... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-got-hired-contributing-to-open-source-projects-3vep6uify twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How I Got Hired Contributing to open source projects | daily.dev og:description: In the tech space, getting a job is not based on how good you are at the technical side of things, but rather your positioning. As you read on, I will share my... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-got-hired-contributing-to-open-source-projects-3vep6uify og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3veP6UIFY.png og:image:alt: How I Got Hired Contributing to open source projects og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How I Got Hired Contributing to open source projects **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 219 upvotes · 20 comments ## Summary In the tech space, getting a job is not based on how good you are at the technical side of things, but rather your positioning. As you read on, I will share my own journey on how I got into open source and secured my first international role as a software engineer at OpenSauced by contributing to their open source projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@abdnafees** · 6 upvotes > Just saw this article after I opened my first open source PR to a javascript library after contributing to various docs and guides. Open source is in the air for me. God help me. **@gauravshrivastava** · 4 upvotes > it inspire me a lot. **@jaydevvadachhak** · 2 upvotes > Great one, Could you please also share how one should start to contribute in open source for beginners? **@nazarene** · 2 upvotes > Impactful read. Quite inspiring. **@heyvaldemar** · 1 upvotes > Hodor? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-got-hired-contributing-to-open-source-projects-3vep6uify) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How I Got Hired Contributing to open source projects","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-got-hired-contributing-to-open-source-projects-3vep6uify","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-got-hired-contributing-to-open-source-projects-3vep6uify"},"datePublished":"2023-07-09T00:54:57.161Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"In the tech space, getting a job is not based on how good you are at the technical side of things, but rather your positioning. 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Open source is in the air for me. God help me.","datePublished":"2023-07-09T18:54:53.957Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3veP6UIFY#c-ThdRXi19Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Abdullah Nafees","url":"https://daily.dev/abdnafees","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxZbQLa6XQaEPwSzCSaldC-IXZtsNb1k2jMPBHI02qo=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"it inspire me a lot.","datePublished":"2023-07-09T20:43:15.506Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3veP6UIFY#c-ywMnTNzXI","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gaurav Shrivastava","url":"https://daily.dev/gauravshrivastava","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxYrkWwcTJNPIOXyZsq4ist0VKBOIcRpOmepmuYUFQ=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great one, Could you please also share how one should start to contribute in open source for beginners?","datePublished":"2023-07-10T04:33:27.012Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3veP6UIFY#c-0xpc1Sl3T","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jaydev Vadachhak","url":"https://daily.dev/jaydevvadachhak","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--mGBJrIob--/f_auto/v1773653403/avatars/avatar_mR4x84vUiYFoiB6pn7hhg?_a=BAMAMiiu0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Impactful read. Quite inspiring.","datePublished":"2023-07-12T12:12:39.762Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3veP6UIFY#c-3RkftBteh","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nazarene Wairimu Wanyaga","url":"https://daily.dev/nazarene","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/65169648?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Hodor?","datePublished":"2023-07-18T03:21:55.532Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3veP6UIFY#c-CR0Cqc5kh","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Valdemar","url":"https://daily.dev/heyvaldemar","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--hNY2yBbX--/f_auto/v1768758611/avatars/avatar_ft0iS8AcGd90jdHVINKGp?_a=BAMAMiiu0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```