Quincy Larson

issue when you're trying to set up a local development environment or help point you toward a useful library for accomplishing xyz you know so i would say like the story of free code camp has just been making it a little bit more accessible each day through incremental pull requests of which i just checked the github repo and uh we've had let's see we we've had uh more than 56 000

issue when you're trying to set up a local development environment or help point you toward a useful library for accomplishing xyz you know so i would say like the story of free code camp has just been making it a little bit more accessible each day through incremental pull requests of which i just checked the github repo and uh we've had let's see we we've had uh more than 56 000

GitHub issues and pull requests. Wow. And the total number of commits is 36,472 commits. 36,472. Commits and that like a lot of the commits I made really early on were squashed because I was like very verbose with my commits. And like Murgash came in and he's like, oh, man.

GitHub issues and pull requests. Wow. And the total number of commits is 36,472 commits. 36,472. Commits and that like a lot of the commits I made really early on were squashed because I was like very verbose with my commits. And like Murgash came in and he's like, oh, man.

So I went from like the number one contributor to like the number 100 contributor because so many of my commits were squashed. But and overwritten and stuff like that over the years. But yeah, like it's just been a slow incremental process of building up that core curriculum to make it more accessible and more comprehensive. And then just the work of keeping it contemporary.

So I went from like the number one contributor to like the number 100 contributor because so many of my commits were squashed. But and overwritten and stuff like that over the years. But yeah, like it's just been a slow incremental process of building up that core curriculum to make it more accessible and more comprehensive. And then just the work of keeping it contemporary.

Making sure we're teaching React and Next.js. We're teaching Postgres and contemporary tools that people use.

Making sure we're teaching React and Next.js. We're teaching Postgres and contemporary tools that people use.

Oh yeah. Yeah. I would be like through like over the moon. I would be like through the roof. I would just be like super duper hyped that I could be a part of something like this. And, uh, I wake up every day and I thank God that I am able to be a part of this and do something that is helping people. And, uh,

Oh yeah. Yeah. I would be like through like over the moon. I would be like through the roof. I would just be like super duper hyped that I could be a part of something like this. And, uh, I wake up every day and I thank God that I am able to be a part of this and do something that is helping people. And, uh,

Yeah, so I hope that doesn't come across as overly immodest, but I do feel like I have been a small part of something monumental so far, and I also feel that we're just getting started.

Yeah, so I hope that doesn't come across as overly immodest, but I do feel like I have been a small part of something monumental so far, and I also feel that we're just getting started.

Yeah, that's an excellent question. So the actual staff is pretty small when you compare it to like all the open source contributors. But we do have kind of like a core team, if you will, of people who we brought on that were open source contributors that we were able to budget bringing them on to work full time. So generally the way this works is I'll hop on a call with them.

Yeah, that's an excellent question. So the actual staff is pretty small when you compare it to like all the open source contributors. But we do have kind of like a core team, if you will, of people who we brought on that were open source contributors that we were able to budget bringing them on to work full time. So generally the way this works is I'll hop on a call with them.

They'll be like a prolific long term contributor and I'll learn more about them. And if they seem like they're like a good fit and like they seem like the person who's would responsibly be able to manage themselves because I don't manage people. We don't have any sort of management hierarchy.

They'll be like a prolific long term contributor and I'll learn more about them. And if they seem like they're like a good fit and like they seem like the person who's would responsibly be able to manage themselves because I don't manage people. We don't have any sort of management hierarchy.

I definitely admire what militaries and giant corporations can do in terms of creating hierarchies that get things done and stuff like that. But That's not for us. Like we're a remote distributed team. And so I get on a call basically. And I talked to people and I'm like, Hey, if you could continue to contribute, like right now you're contributing like five hours a week, six hours a week, right?

I definitely admire what militaries and giant corporations can do in terms of creating hierarchies that get things done and stuff like that. But That's not for us. Like we're a remote distributed team. And so I get on a call basically. And I talked to people and I'm like, Hey, if you could continue to contribute, like right now you're contributing like five hours a week, six hours a week, right?

Like you're getting so much done with this limited amount of time. What if you could contribute like 40 hours a week? And if they're like, oh, well, then I'd focus on this and I do this and, you know, this area really needs improvement or I'd like to go deeper into this and potentially incorporate that into the curriculum. Then I'm like, awesome. Well, let's bring you on and you can do that.

Like you're getting so much done with this limited amount of time. What if you could contribute like 40 hours a week? And if they're like, oh, well, then I'd focus on this and I do this and, you know, this area really needs improvement or I'd like to go deeper into this and potentially incorporate that into the curriculum. Then I'm like, awesome. Well, let's bring you on and you can do that.