So how possible would it be for a complete noobie to break in on something like this? Is the field only looking for senior devs?
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🧰 Nick
Project: http://github.com/rust-bitcoin
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Profile: http://github.com/spacebear21
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Project: Bitcoin Core
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⚙️ Rkrux
Project: Bitcoin Core
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Discussion
Not limited to senior devs! If you’re serious about leveling up, Chaincode will provide you with all the resources you need. You do the work but they give you the path and support for success.
It’s truly unlike any program out there. If this was around in 2016 when I started paying attention to bitcoin, I would have joined the world of bitcoin open source (BOSS, because bitcoin + FOSS = BOSS) much, much sooner. I still made it, but it took me a lot longer to find my way 😄 (my first job at a bitcoin company was early 2019).
Like much of open source, for the BOSS program, attitude and willingness to do the work are valued more than experience.