Open Source Superstar and Roadmap.sh Founder Kamran Ahmed [Podcast #145]
On this week's section of the podcast, freeCodeCamp laminitis Quincy Larson interviews Kamran Ahmed. He's a package technologist and laminitis of Roadmap.sh, which has accomplishment character roadmaps for tons of developer fields, specified arsenic DevOps. As a teacher, he's besides a Google Developer Expert and a GitHub Star. We talk about: - Kamran's tips for uncovering the correct unfastened root projects to lend to - The communicative down Roadmap.sh, his celebrated developer website - Other specialized unfastened root Kamran has built complete the years - How Kamran became a Google Developer Expert and GitHub Star Can you conjecture what opus I'm playing during the intro? Also, I want to convey the 10,922 benignant group who support our kindness each month, and who make this podcast possible. You tin subordinate them and support our ngo at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate You tin besides perceive to the podcast successful Apple Podcasts, Spotify, aliases your favourite podcast app. Be judge to travel the freeCodeCamp Podcast location truthful you'll get caller episodes each Friday. Links we talk astir during our conversation: - Kamran's website, Roadmap.sh: https://roadmap.sh/ - Kamran's "Design Patterns for Humans" GitHub book: https://github.com/kamranahmedse/design-patterns-for-humans - freeCodeCamp's "How to Contribute to Open Source guide" Quincy mentions: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-contribute-to-open-source-projects-beginners-guide/ - Kamran connected Twitter: https://x.com/kamrify 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 successful Software Engineering 0:22:42 Lessons Learned from Working successful Different Companies 0:27:22 The Value of Putting Yourself Out There 0:38:47 From Small Company to Startup: Seizing Opportunities 0:51:03 Growth Through Trust and Leadership 0:54:09 Learning and Expanding Skills Through Diverse Projects 0:56:06 From Dubai to Germany: A Journey of Growth and Exploration 0:58:21 Launching a Platform and Learning from Mistakes 1:01:31 Balancing Individual Contribution and Management 1:10:02 Roadmap.sh: Growth and Success 1:13:41 Moving to the UK and Settling Down 1:18:58 Contributing to Open-Source and Establishing Projects 1:21:31 Finding Project Ideas by Looking astatine Other Languages and Solving Problems 1:26:10 Promoting Projects and Embracing Negative Feedback 1:38:28 Roadmap.sh: A Resource for Developers astatine All Levels