 Hello. Hello. Hello. I'm Rashid. And I'll be talking about open source cubanities and cloud natives from the eyes of a high schooler The plan is to give you a place to start or improve upon being in the cloud native Cubanities ecosystem or the open source ecosystem in general and also a place to start or improve on contributing to projects And yes, this is not just for high schoolers You can still take the ideas I talk about I'm a student at the University of Toronto I just graduated high school So this will be like a retrospective and I've been contributing to cubanities and open source for quite some while the thing is open source is vast and There are so many great CNCF projects all of you might have heard of one CNCF project or the other Some of you might have contributed to it. There are so many great CNCF projects I couldn't even fit the whole landscape in a single slide There are so many contributors to cubanities and all of this can make Open source a bit intimidating if you are just starting out Even if you have been contributing sometimes contributing to new projects can just get intimidating One of the things that has motivated me and could help you find your motivation to go into open source Could be asking the question. Can you impact the community with what you love? And this does not have to be code. It could be administration documentation Contributes there are great Contributes groups within cubanities within CNCF and it could be a lot more It does not necessarily have to be code when I say with what you love Open source is also about learning teaching and learning Yeah, you could learn so much from others in open source from someone who reviews your PR to someone who comments And you can also be the and you can also be the one to propagate that knowledge It also includes mentorship and feedback You could you could get so much mentorship I've I've honestly had a lot of mentorship while contributing to cubanities and other CNCF projects As well as gotten a lot of feedback some of the things Which have changed the way I think not just code Even going beyond code So this can be pretty helpful for finding your motivation in open source And of course, there's a networking and the infamous hallway track If you have been at cube con you can't miss the hallway track or any other conference too. I Want to talk about cubanities and CNCF being a great avenue for you to start your open source journey And I say this because well Not just because of the good first issues. There are many good first issues If you are a new contributor give it a try but also because of a great new contributor Activities by the cubanities and CNCF team This is one of the meetings where new contributors were highlighted as to Asked to share their experiences and what they are coming in the community with some other some other images about Meet and greet for new contributors and how they can get involved These are some pretty bold initiatives for the cubanities and CNCF ecosystem, which allows you to get into the project or Make your first First step into open source makes cubanities and CNCF a great place to do that And it's also because of the contributor code of conduct this does not happen just due to Incidents This is not just due to chance that cubanities and CNCF are a great Avenue for you to start your open source journey. It's also because of the contributor code of conduct, which is Which is very well enforced throughout the ecosystem Finally, I'd like to talk a bit about some opinionated tips to help you make the most if you are Starting in open source or even if you have been contributing to open source for quite some while The first important tip in my opinion is don't be afraid to ask Just go up and ask someone. I've done that countless times at cube con this cube con last cube con all conferences I have done that countless times In fact, it is really interesting story about how I got the idea for this talk I went up to someone at the last cube con cube con valentia and I was talking with him And he is like maybe if you could share your perspective from about starting open source in high school and contributing so much It could help others and I was like, yeah, let's do that. That's how this talk came about. So pretty nice The second thing is Open source is not just about taking which we already talked about it's also about giving You should be able to pass your knowledge to newer contributors do that And finally, it's also okay to not know everything I've been contributing to some projects and I wouldn't say I know every single line of code and it's okay to not know everything With that I come to the end of my talk. That's it. Thank you so much