Open Source Superstar and Roadmap.sh Founder Kamran Ahmed [Podcast #145]

On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview 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

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Links we talk about 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 on Twitter: https://x.com/kamrify