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## Career tips and best practices

## Add your own tip to the list or contribute a visual change

- Be kind!
- Always assume the other person is your ally
- Always bring peanut butter to work to share with your coworkers
- Always keep your resume updated
- Always listen when told :)
- Always try out stuff by implementing
- Ask dumb questions.
- Ask for guidance and help from mentors, sponsors to get there
- Ask questions.
- Ask google for any help if needed!
- Attend sessions like VGHC
- Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
- Be a mentor
- Be confident
- Be confident in yourself <-- this is important
- Be cool
- Be curious
- Be enthusiastic!
- Be independant
- Be open to feedback
- Be open-minded
- Be patient and optimistic!
- Be specific when asking for help from your mentor.
- Be vocal!
- Believe in yourself
- Build good rapport with your teammates.
- Choose a mentor in a position you aspire to. Have regular discussions and checkins with your mentor.
- Clearly ask for what you want.
- Collaborate often with team members
- Connect with your peers
- Contribution by Ruchi
- Keep learning
- Create a strong resume and cover letter
- Do "hallway chats" with anyone and everyone you meet to build connections.
- Do not be afraid to ask questions, especially during internships
- Don't be afraid of things that are hard!
- Keeping doing what you are doing
- Don't be afraid to apply
- Don't be afraid to ask for help
- Don't be afraid to make mistakes
- Don't be afraid to take up new challenges and enjoy yourself in the process
- Don't think that you don't belong; you do!
- Don't focus on what you are getting promotion/package. Focus on your work. Give management chance to take care of the returns
- Figure out what you want to do
- Find a sponsor
- Find something that interests you that you don't know yet that will benefit your team.
- Find your sponsor and allies
- Follow-through on your plan.
- Get feedback from people you worked with
- Get feedback from time to time
- Have conversations with your mentor
- If you don't trust your management to do right by you, get out of that team
- Join OSD workshops to learn about Open Source and the community
- Join the contribution tracks to help existing projects and create impact
- Keep moving, don't stop
- Know what you want to do
- Learn to work with Github (a good place to start, in case you missed it : https://github.com/renana/osd-github-101/blob/main/GitHub-101.pdf)
- Learning git
- Learn from your mistakes
- Life long learning : always be curious
- Live, Love, Laugh and keep Learning
- Make a plan with your manager and your sponsor of the goals you need to reach for you to advance in each step.
- Make goals and track them regularly
- Make sure the people in charge of your career knows the path you wish to take.
- Make sure you are not over mentored and under sponsored.
- Making some changes
- Never be afraid of diving into a new technology.
- Network with others
- Networking is very important.
- Post and share on social media using #OpenSourceDay2021
- Practice Leetcode
- Prepare for performance reviews by writing private notes for a term paper on why you are awesome at work. Ignore any voice in your head telling you to be humble; this is not the time.
- Regularly check in with mentors and sponsors to get constructive feedback
- Respect and value diversity
- Set SMART goals - Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, Time-related
- Share knowledge with those around you
- Some people will do better than you, and some will do worse. Does not help to focus on either. Focus on your own path
- Speak up and ensure that your voice is being heard
- Stand up for your values
- Start creating promotion document and align it with your goals.
- Thanks for this wonderful workshop
- The 'impossible' is possible!
- The best is yet to come
- Track your progress and evaluate periodically
- Trust your abilities! You are smart.
- Try new things
- Try to be kind to everyone you work with even if it's just smiling at someone you pass in the hallway.
- Understand what is the gap between your current level and the next level
- Use Udemy or codeacademy for git practice. It has good resource.
- Work smart
- Work hard
- Work towards your goal
- Believe in your worth to contribute!
- If you don't try, you won't learn!
- Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone
- Work Diligently
- Take brakes and take care of your health.
- Stay in touch with connections on LinkedIn
- Don't let work become your whole life
- Be open-minded about learning from those with less experience than you as well as those with more experience than you
- Keep Hustling and ;looking for opportunities

## Add your favorite support resources for learning and best practices
Check this amazing [repo](https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university/) for interview preparation !!
SDET
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## Add your name as a Contributor below

##### (Make sure to keep this list sorted)

- Aarti Bajaj
- Aastha Rastogi
- Alex Nazareno
- Alexis Thompson
- Alissa Zhang
- Amy H
- Anastasia Sukhorebraya-Beck www.creativeframeworks.cf
- Andalla
- Anna
- Arpita
- Arushi Rawal (https://github.com/arushirawal20 )
- Ava
- Becky
- Bhanu Preeti Anand
- Brenda Kamangara
- Brianna Gilchrist
- Cara Wong
- Chang Liu, University of Washington
- Clovy Meng
- Corinne Battle
- Delaney!
- Dhivya
- Divya Muruganantham
- Emelie
- Emily O'Connell
- Emily Taylor
- Geetika Katragadda
- Gorisha Agarwal
- Gunjan Gupta
- Heghine
- Isabella Ortiz
- Jenna Whilden (Runchimchar)
- Jenny Wilson
- Kastur Koul
- Katherine Brooks
- Kayla Foremksi
- Anjana Anil
- Keerthi
- Kelly Fernandez
- Kiana
- Kirsty B
- Lisa Isaeva
- Luísa Souza Moura
- MJ
- Madi Fishtrom
- Manasvi Goyal
- Michelle
- Michelle Zelechoski
- Minati Alphonso
- Monami
- Mrunal Bandodkar
- Musfera Khan
- MyName
- Naga Janaki Dwadasi
- Nas H
- NasmaSim
- Neha
- Nikki Conley
- Nine
- Ning Dong
- Parinaz Barakhshan
- Pranjali
- Roxy Williams
- Ruth Ikegah
- Sandra Jo
- Sanjna
- Sarah
- Sarah Adair
- Sarah Williamson
- Sayali Naval (https://github.com/sayalinaval)
- Shahana
- Shannon Lu
- Sharmy-r
- Sheila Pinto
- Shweta M
- Shweta Srinivasan
- Soumya C
- Sridevi Jantli
- Srishti
- Sruthi Sathyamoorthy
- Stephanie Eldridge
- Summan Mirza
- Susan Thank you for presentation
- Swastika Gupta
- Sweta
- Taylor
- Teresa Hubscher-Younger
- Trang
- Tiffany
- Veena
- Winny Hu
- Xiaoran
- Yang
- Yifan Zhang
- Yucheng
- jingxu016
- leticia velazquez
- mahita
- srashta
- swetha
- Claire (https://github.com/ClaireChiang91/osd-github-101)
- Sudan
- Apoorvi Dwivedi
- lakshay-nasa
- Dinesh kumar
- Vijaya lakshmi Venkatraman
- Tracy Cummins
- Rachel
- Lorymar
- Sai Teja Labba
- Abbie Weisenbloom
- siddhant prateek
- Kaleah
- Serena Lin
- Meri Koenhemsi
- Sarah Sß
- Ankit
- Divyesh Nandlal Vishwakarma
- Trang Dang
- Akanksha Chaudhari https://github.com/Astroakanksha24
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## Open Source Day (OSD) tips and best practices

- Check out the OSD Social Wall here: https://osdsocialwall.com/
- Don't be overwhelmed at any point of time.
- Enjoy the experience!!
- Enjoy the experience and learning!!
- Join OSD workshops to learn about Open Source and the community
- Join the contribution tracks to help existing projects and create an impact
- Just do it and put on a smile.
- Make sure you participate in the day :)
- Never stop learning
- Pair up with a buddy
- Post and share on social media using #OpenSourceDay2021
- Take notes!
- Talk and connect with people!
- Have Fun!
- Make sure to ask questions!
- Connect with mentors
- Be curious and love what you do!
"Thank you for the session"