* During interviews talk about your open source accomplishments. Use open source as a way to show you have experience in software development. This is especially helpful with team based open source projects.
* If you are contributing to an open source project with a community be vocal in that space. Answer stack overflow questions, write blog posts, tweet, and get involved in other online areas where discussion takes place.
* Build a website for your open source project. HTML content is easier for most people to consume compared to a github repo with README.md.
* Speak at a conference or meetup. A great way to get started with this is to give a 5 minute lighting talk demo for the project at your local language meetup.
Doing these things will help you market yourself and your open source work. This usually opens the door to networking with people that have similar interests, which is a great way to further your career.
* List open source on your resume.
* During interviews talk about your open source accomplishments. Use open source as a way to show you have experience in software development. This is especially helpful with team based open source projects.
* If you are contributing to an open source project with a community be vocal in that space. Answer stack overflow questions, write blog posts, tweet, and get involved in other online areas where discussion takes place.
* Build a website for your open source project. HTML content is easier for most people to consume compared to a github repo with README.md.
* Speak at a conference or meetup. A great way to get started with this is to give a 5 minute lighting talk demo for the project at your local language meetup.
Doing these things will help you market yourself and your open source work. This usually opens the door to networking with people that have similar interests, which is a great way to further your career.