How Open Source Changed My Career by abdelrahman ismail
- 1. Open-Source & Technical Writing The Best_ Career Catalysts Skip 90% of Technical Interviews and Go Straight to the Final Boss
- 2. HI, I’M_ ABDELRAHMAN ISMAIL @ismail9k Software Engineer & Technical Team Lead 📸 Content Creator 🚀 10+ years in tech 🌍 Journey: Egypt → Turkey 🛠 Stack: TypeScript, Node.js, Vue.js, React, GoLang But my real story begins with a GitHub account...
- 4. The Beginning_ Building in Public I wasn't just coding. I was learning, sharing, and building a reputation. 2016-2019: The Foundation Years My early open source projects while working at Baianat: - Hooper: Vue.js carousel component - there’s thousands of components but I decided to build another one - Verte: Vue color picker - Blexar: CSS framework - why not using bootstrap? Because I can build something better - Align: Advanced text editor - Leaps: Slider component - Color-fns: Color manipulation library - And more…
- 5. The Power of Visibility What Open Source Really Gave Me: - Portfolio that speaks louder than résumés - Real-world problem-solving showcase - Technical depth understanding - Community Recognition - Multiple Hacktoberfest wins - 77,652 Dev.to article views - Earned exclusive t-shirts - 2000+ GitHub stars across projects and back pain, of course…
- 6. The Life- Changing Call I passed the interview before they even called me…
- 8. Real-World Impact Story "Open source skills translate directly to workplace value" Case Study: html2pdf.js Crisis Situation: Building a PDF catalog which generated mainly from web browsers, was heavily dependent on html2pdf, but it had a critical issue preventing rendering many pages due to Canvas limitation Action: - Read entire source code - Identified root cause - Created PR with fix PR #300 Impact: Saved the project timeline and enabled processing 100+ page catalogs
- 9. Meteor to Vue Migration Project Challenge: Migrate live application from Blaze to Vue.js Solution: - Deep Vue.js knowledge from open source work - Created inter-framework communication layer - Gradual component migration Outcome: Successful migration with zero downtime
- 10. Maintaining vue3-carousel 🚀 Active maintenance 📦 85K+ npm weekly downloads (that's a lot of trust from strangers on the internet) ⭐ 830 stars 🤝 Community support 📚 Comprehensive documentation Current Impact https://vue3-carousel.ismail9k.com
- 11. How giving helped me: - Learned deeply by explaining and documenting - Gained trust and visibility with every PR - Built a network of collaborators and friends - Got job offers without interviews Why should you spend your time for free? +9000 aura farmed
- 12. Start Small, Think Big Every project teaches something Quality over quantity Engage with Users Consistency is Key Key Lessons Learned Regular contributions build reputation Small, frequent updates > sporadic large ones Documentation Matters Good docs = more users Writing clarifies thinking Issues are learning opportunities User feedback drives innovation
- 13. THANK YOU! - Site: ismail9k.com - Mail: [email protected] - linktree: 9k.ninja