 Hi everyone, it's a good to be here again. We were here last year as well and we joined the conference last year. So we are Yona and Jenny. We are both from Albania and last year we were Reds Girls, some of whom are called students. So we met six years ago at the University of Tirana. We were both studying business informatics and we realized that we shared the same passion for technology and football as well and that's why we became friends. So how we started with open source. Back in my time five years ago I wanted to go to some event about Linux and just when I asked before I asked my friends to join me and they didn't come. So I went there and just when I was about to make it and I didn't go in because I was like that should be a very nerdy for me and that I'm not very good enough so I didn't go and some months later Yona asked me to join her at the open source conference in Albania and we went there and we learned about open source and we saw every talk and since then we've been in love with open source and we continue to contribute to it. Let's say that Oskar, the conference that we have in Albania, that it's also one of the biggest conference we can say in Europe. It was the main reason that helped us get into open source specifically. So when we attended Oskar and let's say we were very interested let's say who was even organizing that conference so we could let's say attend a bit more events we can know more about the communities that were part of the conference and so on. So we learned about open labs. Open labs is the community that is behind Oskar that organizes the conference and it's the first hugger space in Albania that started in 2012 and now we have done let's say more than 150 events only regarding open source and for different communities or different projects that we try to promote there. One of the things that we really liked was that it was let's say a bit strange in the beginning because we didn't suspect or let's say we didn't know that a lot of girls were part of the hugger space because you know technology, hugger spaces and we were waiting to see a lot of boys but now it was completely different. More than 80% of the members are girls and it's something that we haven't seen in other places, countries and so on and this group photo is one of the group photos that we did this year for Fedora Women Days and Fedora is let's say one of the project that I started first at Open Labs. When we started one of the other events that we joined it was Wikipedia Weekend and the project that I was let's say most interested for Linux, the distro that I liked more was Fedora and it was kind of challenging for me as well because I was not the kind of person that liked a lot to do public speaking or even to organize events because I was like afraid that people would make questions that I didn't know at all and I feel very awkward so when I started with the first event that I did there I was quite let's say a little bit afraid all the time and but as I said it was a nice challenge that Open Labs people helped me a lot and now I'm very happy to see that the local Fedora community is one of the communities that it's most active in Fedora general but we we don't have only Fedora that it's one of the projects that we promote there we have next cloud as well LibreOffice and some others so as Yonah said one of the projects that we promote is next cloud and Sylvain who is here has been organizing next cloud meetups and Ivan Yan was there so the person that we heard for first for next cloud actually was Yon so thank you about that so here's the tweet that we saw from Yonah and this is how we got introduced to this scholarship real good summer of cold and yeah when we saw when we saw first the tweet we were like okay it sounds very interesting we were still students and we wanted to let's say to get more experience into technology we were a bit afraid in the beginning because it was only coding and probably we thought that it's not very beginner friendly but we said okay it's not that we have something to lose so probably we should just apply so real good summer of cold is an award-winning internship three months internship that people that will be part of it they will do during the summer that starts from June to an end in September what is different from the other internships is that you need to be two people to let's say be part of it that's how we got together and we formed our team and to let's say even be part of it you need to decide the maximum is two projects so you can choose one or to the maximum and you need to have one mentor for each project that it's the mentor is the person mostly to guide you through that project and also you need to have minimum the two coaches per project so yeah we were like why not let's apply and let's try it why did we choose next now first of all it was because of the amazing community that next love has and we really believe in the power of the community and I think this is one of the strongest yeah and like we said we already knew about project we were using it and because there are a wide range of apps that have that are from different levels and we found something that was more beginner friendly it was a contact so after we applied we were like this we saw that they're like more than 200 applications from all over the world and waiting and sometimes that we were let's say beginners into that we were like okay probably half-class but yeah magic happened so we got accepted and our team name was quarter holics and this is our logo as well so our team the mentor was young and our coaches were yours and worries so we really want to thank them a lot because we I don't know we did strange questions questions during the internship we didn't have a very good internet connection during the calls that we had and they were very friendly supportive and they replied all the questions that we had so also other members of the community who helped during our journey because especially when we went to the conference last year we didn't know so we were a bit afraid how would be the first interaction they would be friendly towards us or should we ask questions in there but no that they were like very friendly coming then saying hi welcoming us to the community so it was a very great experience so thank you to everyone about that so during our scholarship we of course had some challenges and for example in our first week we since I used the arch Linux and you know the system Dora and like we had some difficulties in installing a Islam and then we since we are beginners at give we had it was hard to remember some good comments and also we deal with JavaScript and I'm large as which was yeah and there was some time where we were working on different end zone because you know I had to go to USA to some Pandora Fedora conference and it was very hard so we worked at open-gap hackerspace most of the time when there were no activities and yeah we use this for forever now what we learned we we learned it which is a very powerful tool nowadays especially for developers and we got familiar with AngularJS because contacts up was using AngularJS and their programming it was the first time for us working together and a good way of keeping each other on task and of course we learned that communication is the key and that you should always ask if you have questions and don't be afraid if you don't know something because everyone was once a beginner so this is a happy moment when the contacts up was released and we were mentioned so okay it was an amazing experience but wait let's say it comes the end so now what so one of the challenges that we had or the things that we were very very afraid was that now that we ended what will be next if we could find a company that could share or could have the same vision and as the next cloud so a company that let's say they provide open source programs applications let's say a company that really cares about the community as well because we really believed in that so this was like the two key points that we were thinking all the time and especially in Albania was a bit difficult to find companies like that so let's say it was one of the periods that you become a beauty press just waiting to see what will be next for us surprisingly exciting things are waiting for us and now both of us work for two companies that share the same vision Jenny is working for pH Village as a developer I'm doing front-end and they can take and coding as well as some security assessment because I study information security and I'd like to say that next cloud has helped me a lot because first of all I learned some I mean I grow my skills on for example kid and JavaScript and also it gave me quite a boost of motivation to to continue working for an open source company and I joined collaborate productivity that it's a division of collaboration that it's a global company for open source consultancy and as you may already know collaborate with the productivity let's say they provide you the powerful on-premise office suite and the things that I really liked about this company before starting that I was thinking if it was the right one was because they say they believe the same as me in open source and they are one of the biggest contributors to the office that was very very important to me the fact that they were really caring about the community and doing a lot especially for the desktop code base and let's say since I mean even part of the office community and advocating other people to use it it was very important to see that this company really cares about the community that I was part of and also they have a very strong let's say a relation they have a very strong collaboration with next cloud so this would make let's say my job even easier and I would be in the same area also here next cloud is using php list as it's a email marketing managing manager and also we use a php list we use the next cloud as well but it's not only about the work so of course that we are still doing let's say contributing to different open source communities and also still being part of the next cloud community. Yeah we joined the other next clouders to the FOSM and we were helping at the next cloud group part. After that we have been invited to the hot weeks and one hot week that I'd like to mention is the one that was on April in Stuttgart where I met Jessica and Eratic and they are the new real girls for students and they are doing amazing job and during the hot week we were working together helping each other on some issues and also we have continued to let's say do other workshops in different conferences or events so we can help other people to get let's say on board in different open source projects and they can start their first contributions because we really believe that they can get a lot of experience they can have let's say a very nice experience as we had and learn a lot of new things and so on so here is one of the events that Jenny was at Oscar this year it was a good workshop for beginners and the other event it's Forum on Women in Tech it's an event that was in the Pernodchak Republic so they are there they invited different women that were let's say very good at their area so I was covering only the open source part and helping the women that were there to contribute to open source to make them understand why it's important to use open source and even why to contribute what are the main reasons and what are the benefits that they can get from this. The other thing that I did this year since mentoring let's say is one of the parts that I love most I did Google Summer of Gold with Fedora and this is one of the group photos that we did this year at the conference it's an amazing feeling when you share all the things that you know with your mentee and when especially you see the work that she has done in the end you feel very proud of her and let's say it's an amazing experience that you also feel and new things that you learn even from your mentee so what are the reasons that you should mentor because now we were talking all the time about real good summer of gold and as you know next cloud was part even this year so we really think that we should continue being part even next year and the reasons why someone from the community some of you can apply to mentor or to be a coach is because sharing is caring so it's great when you share all the things that you know even if you think that it's a very small thing but you are really good at what you are doing so with and sharing the thing that you know with the other person is amazing you get new contributors to your community so in this way you grow your community you get new people on board and you help them to get a new experience and also diversify your community so as I said the summer of gold is mostly very into tech coding so you need to know a programming language and so on but you get more women in this part or people from other underrepresented groups in your community that it's very that's important because as we said yesterday at the open source diversity talk diverse teams work better and from our experience we have some tips so when you apply somewhere to an internship first you need to read what is already there so let's say pay attention to what is read what is written there and if you don't understand something then you can just ask so if you have this question that I'm not a good coder so I'm a beginner I know just a few things should I apply yes definitely yes because it was the same question that we did ourselves when we applied at first we said probably we are not good enough but hey we made it and we were part of it when you choose the project or the organization that you want to be part of it's very very important part because you really need to like the community or the project that you will work during the summer because it's not only one but it's three months that you will dedicate from your time to that project don't ask to get to us but just as so don't say me and if you ask a question it makes you look stupid for five minutes but if you don't ask you will stay stupid for fifty years so I think it's a very very strong advice that applies to everyone and also as we said during our top community matters a lot because it's not only getting engaged during the internship with your mentor or coaches but also asking the community because it may be something that probably your mentor doesn't know very well but other people may know it and they can help you so it's not only getting engaged with those people that will guide you since the beginning but also with the whole community and one secret is that forget the fear of failure I mean even if you will not will be rejected for the first time you should really apply again and try because if you will not apply you will not get more experience and you will never know if you will be accepted there and if you really want it you will put a lot of efforts from yourself to win it so good luck if someone will want to apply next year or not only as a student but also we encourage also the people so they can be mentor as I said so this year we were accepted for the second year and the team that was working this year for next cloud is Jessica and Arati and we want to thank them a lot for the work that they have done until now because it's really nice and really great what they have done so thank you everyone for attending the talk I know that it was the end and everyone is tired but I hope that you enjoyed if you have any question just you can ask us on Twitter or you can find us so thank you