u/cozyonly wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
how do you get involved in an open source project like that though?
u/michaelnovati replied ·
It's super hard at step 0, but you can start by just following a project without contributing. Pull the code, spend 10 hours trying to figure out how to build the thing and get it working. Run test suites until they pass and confirm you have things built properly. Watch the PRs, watch the issues. I think you'll find the time when you are ready to contribute. Maybe you'll try and not get anywhere, and it will take some time!
This can really simulate what it's like working on big scale teams if you are contributing to a super large project, but you can't just cram this into 1 week and slap it on your resume, you would be missing the point.