Senior Seminar

 Before starting my final year of college as a computer science major, I reached out to a couple senior friends who graduated earlier this year to ask about their senior year experiences as computer science graduates. Most of them expressed gratitude as they got an opportunity to work on a FOSS project with a team of equally competent and eager batch mates. I couldn't agree with these seniors more. This course's design is excellent since it gets us off on a relatively less complicated but firm foundation by having students engage in meaningful discussions. In all honesty, at first, I was a little bummed that we have to read multiple articles before every class. But over time, I started getting more and more interested in these discussions. This was especially because of the interests the whole class showed and the level of engagement in each session. I used to have a strong imposters syndrome when I communicated or worked around professions in computer science but these discuss...

  One of the common traits that FOSS developers and the community in large identify with is a meritocracy. On Ubuntu's website, it mentions: " This is not a democracy, it's a meritocracy." I've only been involved with the FOSS community for about 4 months now but in this time, I have realized that  f or members of the FOSS community, the idea that hard work is rewarded with recognition and the opportunity for more responsibility is deeply rooted. It's the structure they are built on and hold this idea very near and dear to their hearts. By looking at other group projects in my class and the feeling i got from their presentations,  In particular, project founders tend to hold influence regardless of the value of their recent contributions -- or whether they continue to contribute. If you have the money and reputation in the FOSS community, you could find yourself climbing the ranks of the developer community regardless of the scale of your contributions.  Canon...