TALK OVERVIEW

750,000 pull requests in five years: what you can learn from Hacktoberfest

In this talk you’ll learn about the fundamental forces that can transform an idea into a global movement and a community of hundreds of thousands of developers.

Hacktoberfest is more than just a t-shirt giveaway-it’s an opportunity for anyone with a computer and an internet connection to be a contributing member of the open source community and help build the software that powers our world.

We’ll look at stories of participants, how our efforts helped them succeed, and how the hurdles they encountered helped us make our program more robust. We’ll follow the journeys of participants who’ve launched from Hacktoberfest into their own open source software successes and learn from their experiences, too.

At the end of this talk, you’ll know what it takes to create sustainable, global events that unify, delight, and excite your community.

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