ramsey, 19 days ago

I’ve seen a number of folks get excited about contributing to #OpenSource since #PHPTek, and that’s amazing!

My advice: pace yourself, and start small. Give yourself a long runway, and if you don’t contribute at the level you were hoping, don’t count that as a failure, and don’t beat yourself up over it.

It’s easy to burn out quickly if your expectation is to jump head-first into open source. Every contribution, no matter how tiny you perceive it, is a success.