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![Open Source Superstar and Roadmap.sh Founder Kamran Ahmed [Podcast #145]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pi6cBAICoAI/sddefault.jpg)
On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Kamran Ahmed. He's a software engineer and founder of Roadmap.sh, which has skill tree roadmaps for lots of developer fields, such as DevOps. As a teacher, he's also a Google Developer Expert and a GitHub Star.
We talk about:
- Kamran's tips for finding the right open source projects to contribute to
- The story behind Roadmap.sh, his popular developer website
- Other specialized open source Kamran has built over the years
- How Kamran became a Google Developer Expert and GitHub Star
Can you guess what song I'm playing during the intro?
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Links we talk about during our conversation:
- Kamran's website, Roadmap.sh:
- Kamran's "Design Patterns for Humans" GitHub book:
- freeCodeCamp's "How to Contribute to Open Source guide" Quincy mentions:
- Kamran on Twitter:
Chapters
0:00:00 Introduction to Kamran Ahmed and Roadmap.sh
0:09:19 The Power of Open Source Projects
0:16:53 Navigating Career Progression in Software Engineering
0:22:42 Lessons Learned from Working in Different Companies
0:27:22 The Value of Putting Yourself Out There
0:38:47 From
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2024/10/11
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