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1 year ago Invitation sent to join the GitHub Organisation. Welcome to the community 🎉
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Tips for practising:
Customise your GitHub profile, here is a course on that: https://www.eddiejaoude.io/course-github-profile-landing
Practice repo, instructions on how to add your name to the README https://github.com/EddieHubCommunity/hacktoberfest-practice
Remember contributing to open source is not just about code, it's about collaboration, communication and adding value
I hope that helps
Name
Surya Tej Nimmakayala
Discord Username (if applicable)
explorer86#5048
Additional Context
Hello Eddie,
My name is Surya. I am from India.
I first came across you on Twitter, through one of your posts in my feed. Your profile header seemed interesting and after few more posts, over time, I started following you. Your combination of posts that included tips and insights on Open Source, Git, GitHub and YouTube videos on how working in Open Source can also lead to new opportunities, led me to explore EddieHub community and eventually to where I am now, creating an issue for an invite to the community.
About my background and credentials, I am an MS/PhD 2019 graduate in Computer Science from University of Kansas (USA). Prior to that, I worked at Infosys Technologies Limited, an IT company in Hyderabad, India, for around 4 years (2007-2011). My undergrad wasn't in Computer Science and even though I was working in an IT company, it was a production support role and not core software development.
I am quite enthusiastic and passionate about software/product development and my job wasn't fulfilling. Seemed like a dead end. So, I quit my job and pursued MS/PhD in an American University for around 8 years, hoping it would help me up-skill and get me ready to do the kind of impactful work I am interested in. To my disappointment, had to learn the hard way that Universities aren't necessarily the places to equip you with skills for a real world job. Given the industry change since my exit in 2011, my skill-set in 2019 didn't help me land a job in US and I had to return to India.
I have been trying to up-skill since, by learning through online courses on web/mobile app development, Deep Learning and more. However, I haven't been able to get more hands-on with writing production grade software with professional commits, CI/CD, testing, code refactoring and so on. For that reason, I am still between jobs as companies look for people with experience, but, you get experience by working for a company, creating a catch-22 situation. So, I have been exploring venues online that can help me bridge the gap and kick-start my career in tech.
The reason for me being this elaborate with the events in my life is to give you a sense of my perseverance and pursuit to learn and master software engineering/development, in order to be able to create digital solutions that can solve real world problems. It is just that I haven't had proper guidance or a supporting community to give me that start or direction to reach my goals.
I feel EddieHub community could be that place for me to learn, grow with the community and also do my part by sharing my knowledge and learning, with others. I read the Code of Conduct and also the guide to contribute to open source. It does show how serious you all are in keeping the community inclusive and safe for interaction. The fact that you are leveraging the standard being followed by the industry in writing code commits and that I got to know that as the first step in creating an invite to the community, only shows how much more I will be able to learn and do when I start contributing.
That is why I want to join the EddieHub community, to get the help I couldn't get through my education and to eventually kick-start my career. I also want to give back by helping others like me, be it on GitHub, Discord server, or blogs, videos on YouTube and other online venues. Hope I was able to convince you that I am worth the invite and being part of the EddieHub community.
Kind Regards, Surya.
P.S : My LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/surya-tej-nimmakayala/